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Video of black man's arrest spurs outrage, NYPD probe

By AARON MORRISON and lowed by "discussion and
MICHAEL R. SISAK no running" from police,
NEW YORK (AP) — Video he said. "No physical re-
showing New York City sistance at all. No arrest
police officers arresting a needed."
young black man sparked Gayle's lawyer, Sanford
outrage and elicited ques- Rubenstein, said the video
tions about the amount of demonstrates "that the era
force used to make the of stop and frisk is not over
arrest in a city where mis- in New York City. The police
trust of police remains high officers involved in this bru-
more than five years after tal assault must be brought
Eric Garner's death from an to justice."
officer's chokehold. Rev. Kevin McCall, a civil
Fitzroy Gayle, 20, pleads for rights activist in Brooklyn,
help in the video, record- said Gayle's family was call-
ed by a woman who then ing for District Attorney Eric
tweeted it, as several offi- Gonzalez to open his own
cers wrestle him into submis- investigation into the offi-
sion Wednesday evening cers' conduct. McCall also
on a Brooklyn sidewalk. said Shea should suspend
When Gayle asked a lone the officers.
plainclothes officer why he In this image made from video, New York City police officers forcefully arrest 20-year-old Fitzroy The arrest came on the
was being stopped, the Gayle in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. heels of renewed spotlight
officer did not appear to Associated Press on stop, question and frisk,
answer before uniformed a policing strategy once
backup rushed in. ter, calling de Blasio's re- they were linked to the be seen standing on the championed by former
Police Commissioner Der- marks "anti-police rhetoric" gunfire, he said. man's ankle, he said, offer- Mayor Mike Bloomberg,
mot Shea said Thursday he and accusing him of "in- Gayle was arrested and ing a possible explanation who expressed regret for its
was ordering an internal in- flaming the situation" with a charged with resisting ar- for why Gayle screamed overuse as he launched his
vestigation. rush to judgment. rest, obstructing govern- during the scrum. now-suspended campaign
"This was painful to watch," The man in the video mental administration and Photos of Gayle taken af- for the Democratic presi-
Mayor Bill de Blasio tweet- had fled officers who ap- marijuana possession. The ter the arrest showed abra- dential nomination.
ed. "We still need to get all proached him and another second man, whom po- sions to his knee but no ap- At its peak, stop and frisk
the facts about this case man as they were smoking lice have not identified, parent injuries to his face or resulted in millions of po-
and a full investigation is marijuana in a park around was issued a summons. The upper body, the commis- lice stops of mostly black
underway, but I don't like 7 p.m., Shea said. The of- episode is under internal re- sioner said. and Hispanic New Yorkers.
what I saw. It doesn't reflect ficers were responding to view. "The end is what concerns A federal judge ruled the
what we're building in New an automated alert to gun- Shea said there were "some me," Shea said. practice as unconstitution-
York City." shots, Shea said. Both men disturbing points" to the vid- A better outcome would al in 2012, and the city dras-
The city's largest police were later apprehended, eo. have seen officers ap- tically decreased its use the
union responded on Twit- but there is no indication One of the officers could proaching the men fol- following year.q

Two attendees at pro-Israel conference positive for virus

By CAROLE FELDMAN rus was now in Washington, ter to announce the posi-
Associated Press Pence said it was the first tive test results: "We have
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two he had heard about the confirmed that at least two
people who attended the cases in the midst of a busy Policy Conference attend-
American Israel Public Af- day. ees from New York have
fairs Committee confer- "We will be engaged. I'm tested positive for the coro-
ence in Washington earlier confident in the same con- navirus," it said.
this week have tested posi- tact tracing that we are for The group said it is in con-
tive for the coronavirus, the any case," he said. tact with health officials in
group tweeted Friday. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the Westchester County, New
The cases, in two people National Institutes of Health York, and Washington. It
from New York, are the first called contact tracing — urged attendees to follow
linked to the nation's capi- the process of trying to find Centers for Disease Control
tal. out whom the person had and Prevention guidelines
Thousands of people at- been in contact with — "the and to consult with their
tended the policy con- Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the American Israel Public public health weapon." doctors if they feel ill or
ference, including some Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, Monday, March 2, "We need to get those have medical questions.
members of Congress and 2020 in Washington. people isolated to do the "If you test positive for coro-
administration officials. Associated Press contact tracing," he said. navirus, we urge you to
Vice President Mike Pence, "We don't have enough inform your local health
who is heading the Trump Pence and Dr. Anthony in the two AIPAC attend- information now because authorities so they can
administration's response to Fauci of the National Insti- ees. this is the first I've actually properly coordinate their
the coronavirus, and Secre- tutes of Health appeared Asked at a White House heard about it also." response to this situation
tary of State Mike Pompeo to have been caught un- briefing if he was con- AIPAC, a major pro-Israel with the appropriate health
were among the speakers. aware of the positive tests cerned that the coronavi- lobbying group, used Twit- authorities," AIPAC said.q