The Civilian Complaint Review Board will bring second-degree assault charges against NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs.
Issacs was off-duty in his personal vehicle when he fatally shot Delrawn Small during a traffic dispute in the early morning hours of July 4, 2016.
He claimed the shooting was self-defense and was found not guilty at his trial.
The officer s use of force was also ruled within departmental guidelines.
The case brought Tuesday by the CCRB now goes to a departmental trial, which could result in Isaacs termination.
Family members of Small released a statement Tuesday, saying they are insulted that the mayor and the NYPD have delayed and blocked justice this long:
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.
NYPD officer to face disciplinary charges in 2016 road rage shooting
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Video surfaces of an off-duty cop killing a motorist.
NEW YORK - The New York Police Department will bring disciplinary charges against an officer who killed a man in a 2016 road rage shooting, officials announced.
The proceeding will come more than three years after Officer Wayne Isaacs was acquitted of criminal charges in the shooting of Delrawn Small, who was 37.
Isaacs, 42, was off duty when he shot Small in Brooklyn on July 4, 2016. Small s girlfriend told police that Small thought Isaacs had cut him off and got out his car to confront the officer, who then shot him.