"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force 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 the 2014 death of Naim Owens, 22. Naim was shot by an undercover officer while walking home at night after the officer noticed him reaching for his waistband. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit:
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