New York police officer, Richard Haste, has resigned afterthe NYPD trial commissioner "found him guilty on all counts and recommended his employment be terminated." In 2012, Haste shot and killed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham. Graham, unarmed, was shot in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother in the bathroom of his home. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the trial of Haste "ended with the right decision -- termination."
This article was published to inform its readers of the outcomes of Haste's trial. The author is obviously sympathetic to Graham's wrongful death. Police brutality is an extremely relevant issue today, as more and more news stories of innocent young black men being fatally shot by white police officers pop up in the news. Stories like these are the reason that the Black Lives Matter movement is so important today.
This can relate back to the police brutality that occurred during the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/us/new-york-shooting-ramarley-graham-cop-resigns/index.html
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