Family of Brooklyn man shot dead by police after road rage incident outraged as NYPD moves to drop charges against officer responsible | amNewYork

"Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey say they have been fighting for justice for their brother, Delrawn Small, for almost a decade. Small was fatally shot on July 4, 2016, in front of his four-month-old son, step-daughter, and girlfriend. Family members say video footage of the incident, taken near the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bradford Street in East New York on the night in question, shows an off-duty cop acting unhinged in a road rage incident and firing a gunshot out of his window,"

"When Small approached Isaacs, the officer opened fire within seconds and struck him three times. This moment of bloodshed started a long battle for the Small family as they demanded accountability for the slaying. However, on November 10, Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemarie Maldonado recommended that charges against Isaacs be dismissed, canceling a trial that was scheduled to proceed. A joint statement from Davis and Dempsey charged that Isaacs was being let off on a bogus, manufactured excuse regarding jurisdiction of the case."

"For over nine years, every part of this system has worked overtime to protect Officer Isaacs at our family's expense, part of a joint statement from Davis and Dempsey read. It's just the latest example of how the NYPD, the police unions, the courts, and city agencies bend over backwards to deny every shred of accountability. At first, they claimed Isaacs was acting as a cop so the City would use taxpayer dollars to settle our civil suit"

Delrawn Small was fatally shot on July 4, 2016, in East New York in front of his four-month-old son, step-daughter, and girlfriend. Video footage shows an off-duty Police Officer Wayne Isaacs cutting off Small, firing a gunshot out of his window, and striking Small three times after Small approached Isaacs. The shooting prompted a nearly decade-long fight for accountability by Small's family. On November 10, Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemarie Maldonado recommended dismissal of charges against Isaacs and canceled a scheduled trial. Family members allege the dismissal rests on a manufactured jurisdictional excuse and accuse city institutions of protecting Isaacs.

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