A watchdog agency says the NYPD should fire an officer who shot and killed a man in the Bronx back in 2019. AielloTV got reaction Wednesday from the brother of the man who died.
"It was a sigh of relief because we know how rare substantiated charges against officers are," Sammy Feliz said.In October 2019 during a tense traffic stop,Then-Sgt. Jonathan Rivera, since promoted to lieutenant, fired one shot point blank into Allan Feliz's chest. Rivera claimed he was acting to protect two other officers from injury by the moving car.
Investigators later found Allan Feliz was on parole, with drugs in his pocket and traces of meth in his system. A review by the attorney general cleared Rivera of possible criminal charges, but was critical of some of his actions.is moving to terminate Rivera, ruling his use of force was improper, as was his threat of force early in the encounter, possibly escalating the tense situation.
The NYPD said Lt. Rivera remains on active duty, assigned to a Bronx auto-theft task force. His case will now go to the Administrative Prosecution Unit. Any decision on the CCRB move to fire him is likely years away. CBS2 asked the NYPD for comment. It referred us back to the CCRB, which does not comment on pending disciplinary cases.
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