We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square.

New York City police say someone made off with a knife from a crime scene in the chaotic aftermath of a police shooting.

Protesters jumped the subway turnstiles in Union Square to bring attention to what they say was a reckless reaction by the NYPD for shooting a man over doing the same thing.

Nearly 20 people were arrested in a protest that spawned at a Brooklyn subway station where four people were shot, including two bystanders, when NYPD officers opened fire during a confrontation with an alleged fare-beater over the weekend,

The New York State Police announced Thursday it has concluded its investigation into an alleged shooting that took place during the Great New York State Fair.

Two officers pursued a fare evasion suspect, then opened fire as he approached them, police said. The suspect, one officer and two bystanders were shot.

Police say that a man suspected of not paying the subway fare did not follow instructions and threatened officers with a knife.

Protesters demanded transparency and accountability from the NYPD after a police-involved shooting in Brooklyn on Sunday that saw a fare evasion suspect, a officer and two innocent bystanders all struck by police gunfire.

NYPD has released images of the suspected teen shooter that allegedly killed a man as he drove a car. Engadget