Undercover officer kills unarmed man in marijuana buy-and-bust
Undercover New York police shot dead unarmed 26-year-old security guard Patrick Dorismond in Midtown Manhattan on 16 March 2000 after he refused their request to sell them marijuana and a scuffle broke out; a grand jury did not indict the officer.
🇺🇸 Midtown Manhattan, New York City · New York, United States
Two plainclothes New York police detectives approached Patrick Dorismond, a 26-year-old unarmed
black security guard, on 16 March 2000 and asked him to sell them “some weed” as part of a marijuana
“buy-and-bust” operation.[1]Dorismond rebuffed the men, a scuffle ensued, and a third officer,
Anthony Vasquez, fired a single bullet into Dorismond’s chest, killing him.[1]No drugs or other
contraband were found on his body.[1]
Dorismond, a Haitian immigrant, was shot in Midtown Manhattan after an undercover officer stopped
him and asked where to buy marijuana.[2]Mayor Giuliani then directed that Dorismond’s sealed
juvenile arrest record be released to justify the shooting, and a grand jury chose not to indict.[2]
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