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SCHENECTADY – A state report suggests city police use force more often than their counterparts in larger cities, although the police chief questioned the consistency of the reporting.
A report last week by New York’s Division of Criminal Justice Services that encompassed 280 police agencies included the big takeaway that Black people were the target of half of all use-of-force incidents involving police.
Statewide, 49% of all targets in 6,052 use-of-force incidents were Black during the study period of July 2019 through Oct. 31, according to the report.
This is disproportionate to the ratio of Black people who live in the state. The state’s population is 19.4 million, of which 17.6% of residents are Black.
Attorney General s report on fatal shooting of Schenectady man clears officers
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A view of the Schenectady Police station. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)PAUL BUCKOWSKI/Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY The officers who shot and killed a Schenectady man last March will not face criminal charges.
The justification for shooting Michael Wallace “could not be disproven beyond a reasonable doubt,” according to the findings of a special investigation released by the state Attorney General’s Office on Thursday.
Two officers opened fire on Wallace, 34, after he pointed a pellet gun at him while they were responding to a call at Joseph Allen Apartments in the city’s Hamilton Hill neighborhood on March 24, 2020.
AG: No charges against Schenectady police in fatal 2020 shooting | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – The police shooting of a man at his apartment last year was sufficiently justified that no criminal charges are warranted, but the circumstances show the need for police to call mental health professionals in obvious mental health cases, state Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation concluded in a report released Thursday.
Michael Wallace, 34, was shot to death at his apartment in the Joseph Allen Apartments on Hamilton Hill on March 24, 2020, after briefing emerging from his apartment with what police believed was a gun, though it turned out to be a pellet gun.
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A report from the state Attorney General s office has cleared two Schenectady police officers involved in a deadly shooting.
The officers encountered 34-year-old Michael Wallace at the Joseph Allen Apartments last March and opened fire after he threatened them with a pellet gun. The AG s office says since Wallace was experiencing a mental health issue and put lives in danger, the officers were justified in their actions. As a result, they won t be facing any criminal charges.