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Police asserted that Garcia, a known street drug dealer, had been carrying a concealed weapon. But witnesses to the struggle and residents of Washington Heights said they believed the shooting death of Garcia was unwarranted, triggering demonstrations on the block where Garcia was killed.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, if Poplawski chooses to take full advantage of the appeal process, then even if he is sentenced to death, "it may not happen". [39] During the first week of June 2009, the case was officially assigned to Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning.
PBA President Phil Caruso conceded that the protest "got out of hand", and blamed the riots and violence on both Mayor Dinkins and City Councilman Guillermo Linares, a Dominican-American representative the Washington Heights neighborhood who was critical of the police in the wake of the Garcia shooting and subsequent riots the previous July ...
1992 – Washington Heights riots, occurred July 4 through 7 following the fatal police shooting of Jose Garcia, a 23-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic. One man was killed after falling five stories off a building, 15 were injured and 11 were arrested. [26] 1992 – Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Riot, occurred September 16.
June 23, 2009 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1 2 3: Two gunmen opened fire into a crowd, killing one and injuring two. [14] April 4, 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 3 3 [n 1] 6: 2009 Shooting of Pittsburgh Police Officers: A man opened fire on police officers responding to a domestic violence 9-1-1 call, killing three and injuring two before he was ...
In November 2009, a local street, Durant Avenue, was renamed to Detective Russel Timoshenko Way in the detective's honor. [32] Incidentally, following the controversial decision to rename a street to Sean Bell Way for police shooting victim Sean Bell, [33] some community members had recommended doing the same for Timoshenko. [34]
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