Use of Force - Angel Alvarez

"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of police use of force in New York City over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss an August 2010 event involving Louis Soto (deceased) and Angel Alvarez, 23. Soto and Alvarez were involved in a late night altercation at a barbeque and guns were drawn.  Soto was killed by Alvarez; police shot Alvarez 23 times along with three civilian bystanders and a fellow officer. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit:  

 

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