Comments:Unarmed man killed by narcotics officer in The Bronx

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Just disgusting. Canabis > Life

Way to be U S A ! !

Predictably, the investigation will no doubt result in the officers involved being cleared of any wrongdoing. While ostensibly granted "equal protection under the law", the reality is that poor black inner city residents are simply not endowed with the same level of rights or clout as members of the NYPD.

The article did not mention the victim's race. Hum....

Them officers should be indicted on murder charges the police are not gansters oh i forgot there the biggest gang in ny also they claim he had a gun in his waistband so why is narcotics giving chase instead they should of call in another team to investigate but no they

I hope Richard Nixon is smiling somewhere knowing another innocent pot smoker becomes a casualty of the War on Drugs. I wonder what made that cop so upset that the first shot he fires is a lethal one. In the end it's just one less wrongly convicted person spending not only their time but taxpayers time and money.

More tragedies in the failed war on drugs, this guy sounds like a real threat to society with his "small bag of cannibis"