"Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that a 22-year-old Bangladeshi man shot multiple times by NYPD officers in Queens last week during a mental health crisis needs treatment, not criminal charges, as the city prepared to release body-worn camera footage from the incident. Speaking at a press conference on the Lower East Side, Mamdani said he had viewed the footage himself after meeting with the Chakraborty family and visiting Jabez Chakraborty in the hospital, where the young man remains in critical condition."
"Chakraborty was shot at his Briarwood, Queens home last Monday, Jan. 26, after his family called 911 seeking an ambulance for their son, who they say was in emotional distress. The family's statement describes a series of alleged abuses following the shooting including officers demanding their phones and passwords, questioning them about their immigration status, preventing them from accompanying their son to the hospital, and detaining them at a precinct while their son lay critically injured."
Jabez Chakraborty, a 22-year-old Bangladeshi man, was shot multiple times by NYPD officers at his Briarwood, Queens home on Jan. 26 while experiencing a mental health crisis. His family had called 911 seeking an ambulance but police, not medical responders, arrived and shot him in front of relatives. Mayor Zohran Mamdani viewed body-worn camera footage after meeting the family and visiting Chakraborty in the hospital, and said Chakraborty needs mental health treatment, not criminal prosecution. The family's statement, shared by Desis Rising Up & Moving, alleges officers demanded phones and passwords, questioned immigration status, prevented family from accompanying Chakraborty to the hospital, and detained them at a precinct while he lay critically injured. The NYPD is expected to release the footage to the public on Tuesday.
Read at www.amny.com
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