By Katherine Creag and Lori Bordonaro
Herman Bell, who shot and killed two New York City police officers decades ago, has been released from prison amid uproar over his parole.
Bell was released from Shawangunk prison in Ulster County as scheduled Friday afternoon, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision website. He will be supervised for life in Brooklyn, a DOCC spokesman said.
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association tried to block Bell's release last month, but an appellate judge in Albany rejected the legal motion. However, the police union has filed a new motion that will be heard next week by a full panel of appellate judges to keep Bell in prison.
"The parole board has lost their [expletive] humanity to think that a murderer should walk their streets," PBA President Pat Lynch said angrily at a news conference Friday ahead of Bell's release.
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Source: NBC News 4 New York
PBA Statements Following the Release of Herman Bell
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