Judge tosses indictment against cop in Ramarley Graham death
NEW YORK (WABC) -- A Bronx judge threw out the indictment against an NYPD officer in the fatal shooting of a Bronx teenager. The judge said the assistant district attorney made an accidental mistake to grand jury, which voted to indict Officer Richard Haste on manslaughter charges in the death of Ramarley Graham.
Graham's mother was in the courtroom at the time, reacted very emotionally and had to be removed from court. "I am angry and cannot express my feelings alone," Constance Malcolm said. "I am ready to take it to the streets and the highest of the highest. Please be prepared for a major protest." The family quickly condemned the decision. "If it means going back to the grand jury or if we have to ask the federal court to deal with this case, we are going to keep fighting, no matter what," dad Frank Graham said. "Whereever it leads us, we will go there. We will never stop until justice is served in this case, until Richard Haste goes to prison for murdering our son. If we start over, we will start stronger."
The case isn't over because prosecutors were expected to present the case again to the grand jury. The shooting of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham stemmed from an NYPD investigation of street-corner drug dealing in February of 2012. Police pursued Graham into his home before the unarmed teen was shot once at close range.
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