eman 2). Yet, many highly publicized incidents of police abuse and brutality against minorities have occurred during the 1990s. The following list demonstrates some of the most shocking of these cases:
June 13, 1996: Aswan Watson, 23, Black; shot 24 times and hit by 18 bullets while sitting in his car with his hands in the air in East Flatbush. Dec. 18, 1994: Wen Ping Hsu, 17, Asian; hit by at least 35 bullets of the 250 rounds police fired at him in a shoot-out in Rego Park, the largest number of shots fired ever recorded by the NYPD. Sept. 17, 1995: Maria Rivas, 25, Latina; killed by stray bullet fired by a drunken off-duty NYPD officer harassing customers at a diner in Washington Heights. May 29, 1994: Jose Fuentes; 15, Latino; shot in chest by an off-duty cop who claimed he was attempting a robbery in Bay Shore. Oct. 30, 1995, West Islip: Calvin Edwards, 20, Black, Died in police custody while handcuffed, supposedly of a drug overdose.
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