6 results for "BY VERENA DOBNIK"
Godfather faults NY police in student death
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 1:55 PMThe godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing as an armed intruder held the young woman hostage.
NYPD to increase presence after bias killing
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 1:14 PMA spate of anti-gay attacks in New York City is prompting police to increase their presence in some gay-friendly neighborhoods heading into what's usually a time for celebration.
Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 11:54 PMExperts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.
Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 12:04 PMThe police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to s...
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:59 AMA gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime.
Plans languish for overhaul of NYC's Penn Station
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:12 AMThe busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena.
