Surveillance Video Shows Bronx Teen Pursued By Police Before Killing

As the Bronx community met with the New York City Police Department on
Saturday to talk about Thursday's shooting of 18-year-old Ramarley
Graham, surveillance video that was released and first aired on NY1
shows the unarmed teenager entering his home moments before he was
k!lled.

Authorities say Ramarley Graham fled from narcotics officers who
approached him on White Plains Road and 228th Street in Wakefield at
around 3 p.m. Thursday.

The officers put over the radio two separate times that they thought
Graham had a gun. Police say they ordered the teen to stop but he went
into his house on 229th Street.

Officers followed Graham into the house's second-floor bathroom, where the teen was fatally shot and found to be unarmed.

The pursuit was captured on surveillance video released on Saturday by the lawyer of the landlord of Graham's family.

In that video, Graham can be seen walking up to the house and entering
through the front door. Seconds later, police officers are seen running
up to the house. Some try to kick open the front door, while others
search for alternate entrances.

Minutes later, the police entered the house through a first-floor
entrance in the landlord's apartment and then opened the front door to
let other officers enter.

"Clearly they were intent on getting into the house, they were intent on
capturing this young man and they were intent on doing whatever they
did. It's unfortunate,” said Neville Mitchell, the attorney for Graham's
landlord.

The officers then followed Graham to the second-floor apartment, knocked
and then kicked open the door and found Graham in the bathroom, where
he was shot moments later.

Mitchell said the officers had plenty of time to calm down before entering the house.

"They're outside for some time in the front. They go to the back, which
is where we're standing, and for several minutes this young man is
apparently inside the house. And for several minutes there, outside the
house, I don't know what they're doing there in terms of communicating
with their command, or if they are talking about what's going on," said
Mitchell. "What's clear, though, is that there was enough time for them
to reflect on what is happening and this tragedy should not have
happened."

Graham's six-year-old brother and grandmother were in the home at the
time and his little brother is seen on the video being consoled by
officers.

Police say they found marijuana in the home and think Graham may have
been trying to flush some down the toilet when police entered the home.

Meanwhile, the local community continued to react to the shooting and
met with Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson and law enforcement on
Saturday afternoon.

“What I told the community was just an outline of how we handle these
cases. The fact that our presence is there, from the day of the incident
we had[..]istant [district attorneys] there, they were there again
yesterday. They've been briefing the chief of the Homicide Bureau,” said
Johnson.

The NYPD is reviewing a copy of the surveillance video and is continuing
to investigate. In the meantime, a police officer and a sergeant who
were on the scene have been placed on modified duty.

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tbh i think the cops took this to far.

He mighta lived if he really did have a gun...Smh

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww........................................... that's so phucking corrupted

and if that little 6 year old kid grows up to have no respect for the law no fucking wonder run over and maim as many pigs as possible i say