The police were not in pursuit.
The young man is clearly strolling into his residence, not fleeing.
One could make a case that the police were *watching* the residence and then *stormed* it.
But the claim that they were in hot pursuit of a man (seriously? They’re “in hot pursuit” and can’t catch a man at a leisurely stroll?) is suspect at best.
Don’t justify the criminal actions of government employees.
I guarantee the same setup could be used against any Freeper here—storm the residence, claim to be in hot pursuit of Freeper X, shoot Freeper X without a warrant.
Let’s nip this in the bud now, before it is used against us.
“The young man is clearly strolling into his residence, not fleeing.”
(From an earlier story)
The February shooting stemmed from an NYPD investigation of a persistent drug trade in the Bronx neighborhood where Graham lived. At the time, police said investigators identified Graham as a potential suspect and radioed to other officers that he appeared to be armed with a pistol.
A *witness* told police that around the same time, two officers wearing NYPD jackets pulled up and yelled at a man – apparently Graham – “Police! Don’t move!”
After the man (went) into Graham’s three-family home, the officers found a back entrance, climbed some stairs and broke down the door to a second-floor apartment where Graham lived with his grandmother and other relatives, police said.
An officer positioned behind Haste reported seeing Graham run toward a bathroom. He also heard Haste yell, “Show me your hands!” and “Gun! Gun!” before a shot rang out, police said.
Both in the small bathroom, Haste yelled for Graham to hold up his hands, and when the teen reached for his waistband, the officer fired, according to his lawyer, Stuart London.
“I thought he was going to shoot me, so I shot him,” Haste said in a court statement read by London.
Haste fired one shot at close range from his 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, police said.