City to Release Outcome of Ramarley Graham Trial

 

By Azi Paybarah

The New York Police Department plans to make public the outcome of a disciplinary trial for the police officer who fatally shot Ramarley Graham, an unarmed teenager, in the Bronx in 2012.

The decision marks something of a reversal for the de Blasio administration, which had restricted access to police disciplinary records last year, under a provision of state law known as 50-a.

Deputy Commissioner Kevin Richardson, of the NYPD’s Department Advocate’s Office, disclosed the change on Wednesday morning, when he was asked by a reporter if the city would notify Graham's family of the resolution in the case.

"When there is a decision in the Richard Haste case, that they will be informed," Richardson said. "And because the decision is such an important one, we are working within the confines of 50-a to make sure that there is a public awareness of what that resolution is as well." 

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Source: Politico (via The Empire Report)