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style="line-height:1.3800000000000001"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/sm/aw.png" style="margin: 5px 10px; float: left; width: 300px; height: 300px;">On <strong>September 29, 2019</strong>, Antonio Williams was standing on the street, waiting for a taxi, when plainclothes officers jumped out of an unmarked car. NYPD officers chased, tackled, and beat Antonio. Shortly after, they recklessly opened fire, </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/we-just-want-the-truth-family-of-man-killed-along-with-nypd-officer-in-friendly-fire-shooting-seeks-answers" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#4a6ee0"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">killing Williams</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> and an NYPD officer, Brian Mulkeen, in a reckless hail of 15 bullets – some shot from over 60 feet away. For almost two years, NYPD provided no explanation for why officers chased Williams in the middle of the night and have never articulated the reasonable suspicion required to stop Antonio. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:1.3800000000000001">After the Williams family demanded they be able to view an NYPD-produced video before it was publicly released, the NYPD promised the Williams family they would delay public release so that all interested members of the Williams family could view the footage. Late Thursday, December 12, 2019, the Williams family was informed that the City and NYPD would no longer honor their promise and would proceed with releasing the video on Friday, December 13, 2019, even though not all members of the Williams family, including his mother Chanel McCray, were able to travel to NYC to view the footage with this last-minute change. </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">In <strong>November 2020</strong>, </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5j4ztlsltv0758o/Antonio-Williams-SecurityCAM-Selection-Annotated.mp4?dl=0" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#4a6ee0"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">security footage</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> supporting the family’s statements that the NYPD engaged in an unconstitutional stop and unnecessarily escalated the interaction was released. The Williams family </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.changethenypd.org/sites/default/files/williams_complaint_fnl.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#4a6ee0"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">sued</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> the City of New York and the NYPD; they continue to work to demand full transparency and the firing of all officers involved.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>On <strong>September 22</strong>, the Civilian Complaint Review Board told the Williams family they would open an investigation into the officers responsible for stopping, brutalizing, and killing Antonio.<br> <br> <span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Help uplift the demands of the Williams Family:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#0e101a"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Demand that the Mayor and the NYPD fire Sgt. Jason Valentino, and Officers Brian Mahon, Keith Figueroa, and Robert Wichers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-antoniowilliams-views-antonio-landing-news" > <h2 class="pane-title"> <a href="/AntonioWilliams/news">News on Antonio Williams</a> </h2> <div class="view view-antoniowilliams-views view-id-antoniowilliams_views view-display-id-antonio_landing_news view-dom-id-56a75a6a116299b22a13662370ab590d"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div id="node-1655" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/families-loved-ones-killed-nypd-elected-officials-and-community-groups-denounce-intentional" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-10-12T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">October 12, 2023</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/families-loved-ones-killed-nypd-elected-officials-and-community-groups-denounce-intentional"> Families of Loved Ones Killed By NYPD, Elected Officials, and Community Groups Denounce Intentional Delays That Help Cops that Kill Evade Discipline </a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content=" Families of Loved Ones Killed By NYPD, Elected Officials, and Community Groups Denounce Intentional Delays That Help Cops that Kill Evade Discipline " class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="field-sub-headline"> <p>17 families of New Yorkers Killed by NYPD and over 50 national and local groups send letter to Mayor Adams & NYPD Commissioner Caban, calling for firing of cops who killed Kawaski Trawick and for the Mayor to meet with the Trawicks before discipline decision - </p> </div> <div class="content"> <p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:black">Today, the families of Kawaski Trawick, Allan Feliz, Delrawn Small and Antonio Williams, along with elected officials, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/releases/families-loved-ones-killed-nypd-elected-officials-and-community-groups-denounce-intentional" rel="tag" title=" Families of Loved Ones Killed By NYPD, Elected Officials, and Community Groups Denounce Intentional Delays That Help Cops that Kill Evade Discipline ">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Families of Loved Ones Killed By NYPD, Elected Officials, and Community Groups Denounce Intentional Delays That Help Cops that Kill Evade Discipline </span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div id="node-1637" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-responds-nypd-commissioner-sewells-resignation" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-06-13T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">June 13, 2023</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-responds-nypd-commissioner-sewells-resignation">Communities United for Police Reform Responds to NYPD Commissioner Sewell's Resignation</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Communities United for Police Reform Responds to NYPD Commissioner Sewell's Resignation" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> In response to yesterday’s announcement that NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell is resigning, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) issued the following statement from CPR spokesperson Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director of the Justice Committee: “NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and Mayor Adams made repeated early promises to better care for and protect New Yorkers, including ensuring meaningful police accountability. By this measure, and by many, many more, Sewell’s tenure and Adams’ approach to public safety have been abject failures. Under Sewell and Adams’ watch, the NYPD has been more consistently violent and hyper-aggressive and less accountable than at any time since Giuliani was mayor. </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-responds-nypd-commissioner-sewells-resignation" rel="tag" title="Communities United for Police Reform Responds to NYPD Commissioner Sewell's Resignation">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Communities United for Police Reform Responds to NYPD Commissioner Sewell's Resignation</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-1522" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/family-antonio-williams-demand-mayor-de-blasio-and-nypd-stop-hiding-critical-information" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-10-01T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">October 1, 2021</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/family-antonio-williams-demand-mayor-de-blasio-and-nypd-stop-hiding-critical-information">Family Of Antonio Williams Demand That Mayor De Blasio And The NYPD Stop Hiding Critical Information And Fire Officers</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Family Of Antonio Williams Demand That Mayor De Blasio And The NYPD Stop Hiding Critical Information And Fire Officers" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <p>Today, the family of Antonio Williams, the Justice Committee, and Communities United for Police Reform are demanding Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD fire the NYPD officers who killed Antonio Williams in 2019 and stop hiding critical information related to the killing. Lawyers for the Williams family filed a brief yesterday opposing the City’s and the NYPD’s baseless attempts to keep critical information about the NYPD killing of Antonio Williams hidden.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/releases/family-antonio-williams-demand-mayor-de-blasio-and-nypd-stop-hiding-critical-information" rel="tag" title="Family Of Antonio Williams Demand That Mayor De Blasio And The NYPD Stop Hiding Critical Information And Fire Officers">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Family Of Antonio Williams Demand That Mayor De Blasio And The NYPD Stop Hiding Critical Information And Fire Officers</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div id="node-1520" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/ccrb-opens-investigation-2019-nypd-killing-antonio-williams-family-demands-firings-officers" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-09-23T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">September 23, 2021</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/ccrb-opens-investigation-2019-nypd-killing-antonio-williams-family-demands-firings-officers">CCRB Opens Investigation Into 2019 NYPD Killing Of Antonio Williams, Family Demands Firings Of Officers</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="CCRB Opens Investigation Into 2019 NYPD Killing Of Antonio Williams, Family Demands Firings Of Officers" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> The family of Antonio Williams, the Justice Committee, and Communities United for Police Reform met with the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) to discuss the investigations into NYPD officers, Sgt. 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