Police union attorneys for Officer Wayne Isaacs had asked the commissioner to halt disciplinary proceedings. Commissioner Sewell rejected that request in a letter received by the city’s police watchdog.
Police Officer Wayne Isaacs shot Delrawn Small three times in front of the victim’s girlfriend, 4-month-old son and 14-year-old stepdaughter during a road rage clash at Atlantic Ave. near Bradford St. in East New York, Brooklyn, on July 4, 2016.
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Alvin Bragg has stressed the overlap between his own life story and issues of race and policing in his run for Manhattan district attorney. Credit.Andrew Seng for The New York Times
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NYPD Officer Who Killed Delrawn Small In 2016 Driving Dispute Will Face Disciplinary Charges
arrow Wayne Isaacs, center, during a 2016 court appearance. JB Nicholas
The NYPD will serve disciplinary charges against Officer Wayne Isaacs, an off-duty police officer who used his service weapon to fatally shoot Delrawn Small, an unarmed Black man, following an apparent driving dispute in Brooklyn in 2016. The Civilian Complaint Review Board substantiated an excessive force complaint against Isaacs last October, but it is up to the NYPD to serve the charges against Isaacs to begin disciplinary proceedings.
“We have been informed of the CCRB’s intention to go forward with this case. The NYPD will cooperate with the CCRB in every way,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a statement.