Protestors call for Bratton’s ouster
Responding to continuing instances of police brutality leading to the injury and death of everyday residents, dozens of protestors gathered in front of the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building in Harlem Wednesday evening to call for Police Commissioner Bratton’s ouster.
“Offering ‘retraining’ for these officers minimizes the gravity of the problem,” said Danette Chavis, whose son died due to police conduct in 2004. The retraining she referenced is a response to the recent case of Eric Garner, who was killed in Staten Island while being subdued by an illegal chokehold by police officers.
“These officers should be criminality prosecuted with same swiftness that average citizen is arrested and prosecuted with a crime,” she said. “There’s never a delay of justice on our end. If there was a video of one of us doing something like this, you can bet there would be charges. The same fate should await these officers.”