A New York police officer was indicted on manslaughter charges Wednesday for the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American teen who was killed in his own home. Eighteen-year-old Ramarley Graham was shot at close range on February 2 after being chased by narcotics officers. Graham was trying to empty a bag of marijuana into the toilet before he was killed. On Wednesday, the indicted officer, Richard Haste, pleaded not guilty to charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter in a Bronx courtroom. He was released on $50,000 bail. After the hearing, Ramarley Graham’s parents, Constance Malcolm and Frank Graham, spoke out.

Constance Malcolm: “Ramarley was only 18. We have too much of this going on, and it has to stop. We need — we need this to stop. We can’t keep killing our kids. It has to stop. Something has to come out of this.”

Frank Graham: “I keep asking why, why, why did he — why did he kill our son? Why? Why? Why did he kill our son? Eighteen years old. Eighteen. He did nothing to deserve this.”