US police acted 'within guidelines' in teenager shooting

Officers acted “within guidelines” when they killed an unarmed mentally ill teenager in a hail of 20 bullets, the New York police chief said today.

US police acted 'within guidelines' in teenager shooting

Officers acted “within guidelines” when they killed an unarmed mentally ill teenager in a hail of 20 bullets, the New York police chief said today.

Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the five officers involved reasonably believed 18-year-old Khiel Coppin, who was brandishing a hairbrush, was about to use deadly force against them outside a Brooklyn apartment last night.

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