- Police Brutality Watch

A police shooting in Brooklyn leaves two brothers wounded. Officers arriving on the scene find one of the men armed with a 10-inch knife. Alvin Figueroa, Brother: "They shot him up like a wild man. They shot Richie four times." Richard Figueroa's family is accusing the police of using excessive force. Maria Ortiz, Neighbor: "It wasn't necessary to shoot him in the stomach." It was a 911 phone call from the Figueroa home that lead police to the scene and then the street at 240 South Second Street at about 6 a.m. Saturday morning where shots were fired. Richard Figueroa was outside with a 10-inch chef's knife. Witnesses say his brother may have been trying to calm him down. When police rolled up on the scene, they say they saw 25-year-old Richard Figueroa making a stabbing motion into the window of an ambulance that was already there. Victor Rodriguez, Witness: "The cops were telling the guy to drop the knife and he didn't drop the knife. All of the sudden the cop just started letting off...he just started shooting at him. [more

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