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New York: Police Kill Mentally Ill African-American Man

HeadlineApr 27, 2015

In New York City, police detectives have shot and killed an African-American man with schizophrenia in a housing complex for mentally ill people in Manhattan’s East Village. Unnamed police sources have said Felix David grabbed an officer’s radio and hit police in the head before they fatally shot him. No video of the shooting has so far emerged.

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