The second NYPD officer who was shot while responding to a domestic incident in Harlem last week has died, commissioner says
The second New York Police Department Officer who was shot while responding to a domestic incident in Harlem last week has died, the NYPD commissioner said.
"It's with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora," NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Twitter."Wilbert is 3 times a hero. For choosing a life of service. For sacrificing his life to protect others. For giving life even in death through organ donation. Our heads are bowed & our hearts are heavy.
See NYC mayor's remarks after NYPD officer was killed 01:56As the city moves forward with the return of plainclothes units, some community leaders and advocates are questioning whether the mayor's plan is an appropriate course of action. Some critics derided plainclothes units for years as counterproductive and argued they were a relic from the stop-and-frisk era of policing, used instead as a bludgeoning tool that more negatively affected Black and brown communities.
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