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Report: 1 Conviction in 179 NYPD Killings Since 1999

HeadlineDec 10, 2014

According to the New York Daily News, NYPD officers have killed at least 179 people over the past 15 years. Of those 179 incidents, only three led to an officer indictment, and only one led to a conviction. For that one conviction, the officer served no jail time.

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