"An officer threatened my life right across the street as we were going into Starbucks. He said, When I put in my retirement papers, I'm going to f**king kill you.' I will not be intimidated, Newsome said."
"It was crazy. He said he was going to come to his house and kill him after his retirement. Hawk was yelling, giving him his address, the witnesses said. They were yelling at each other."
"They threatened an activist's life. I've been arrested a lot of times for protesting in peace, but I've never been convicted of nothing. All I do is fight for the people, and I don't deserve to have my life threatened by a member of an organization that has 36,000 members, and they all have guns, Newsome said."
Hawk Newsome said a plainclothed officer threatened to kill him outside a Bronx courthouse during the trial recess for Sergeant Erik Duran. Newsome said he was handing out flyers to raise awareness about the Duran case when the officer approached and issued the death threat. Several eyewitnesses, including an anonymous journalist covering the trial, vouched that the threat was made and described a heated verbal exchange. Newsome could not provide the officer's name or badge number and said he planned to file a complaint with the Bronx District Attorney's office. The NYPD did not immediately respond for comment. The Duran case stems from the 2023 death of Eric Duprey.
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