Rally held in support of bodega clerk who killed attacker
It was self-defense plain and simple, said the organizers of Saturday's rally.
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It was self-defense plain and simple, said the organizers of Saturday's rally.
The victim was a star student and cheerleader. She died just days after graduating high school.
One witness says three teenage girls were trying to rob a 14-year-old boy when things escalated.
Police say the individual took an unknown number of packages before fleeing.
The victim was wearing a helmet, but did not survive, police said.
Bragg, who has a reputation as a progressive, soft-on-crime prosecutor, is really on the hot seat in this case.
Grappling with grief, the boy's family is trying to make sense of the senseless.
While at the hospital, the victim learned she was pregnant. Sadly, two weeks later, she miscarried.
The victim was riding his bike to work when he was hit by a car. His family is pleading with the driver to turn herself in.
"We do see a number of people that we are re-arresting for the same offenses over and over again," NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.
The sound of the alarm did little to stop the accused from thrashing Bel Fries on Ludlow Street early Sunday morning.
Many people, including Mayor Eric Adams, are defending the worker's actions as self-defense.
The 28-year-old was found guilty of murder last month for his role in the February 2019 incident in Queens.
Police say suspects in two cars were firing at each other when a stray bullet struck a woman in the chest.
It happened on Rockaway Avenue near Lott Avenue in Brownsville on June 30.
