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From [HERE] INSIDE THE HOME where their 18-year-old unarmed son was killed by a cop, Ramarley Graham’s parents said Thursday they are “disappointed” by the criminal charges in the case and worried that no one will go to jail. Officer Richard Haste, who is free on $50,000 bail after his arraignment this week, deserved a tougher rap than manslaughter — and his bosses should have been arrested, too, the parents said.
“We’re not happy with the charges,” Graham’s mother, Constance Malcolm, 38, told the Daily News in the three-story home on E. 229th St. in the Bronx. “We’re very disappointed. It should have been a murder charge.” Although Haste fired the fatal bullet after cornering the teen in the bathroom of the second-floor apartment, the family said the shooting wasn’t a solo operation. “There were many officers involved, but none of them were charged, including supervisors who should have known better,” Malcolm said.
The slain youth’s father, Franclot Graham, said he’s concerned it took four months for Bronx prosecutors to obtain an indictment — and the family is keenly aware that cops have been acquitted in other high-profile shootings, like the Sean Bell and Amadou Diallo cases.