November 20, 2013

Increase in Fatal Shootings By NYPD


[From article]
In 2012, city police officers shot and killed 16 people, an increase from nine in 2011 and the highest number seen during the Bloomberg administration, according to the report. Thirteen officers were wounded by gunfire in the line of duty in 2012, a number not reached since the late 1990s; none died.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/nyregion/police-report-shows-increase-in-fatal-shootings-by-new-york-officers.html?_r=0

Report Documents a Rise in Fatal Shootings by the City’s Police Officers
By J. DAVID GOODMAN
Published: November 19, 2013
New York Times

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