The mother of a Long Island child filmed at a parade on West India Day last year has sued the NYPD, claiming that the event's infamous reputation has led authorities to prepare for potential violence better Masu.
Gale Minsey of Nassau County was present at the September 2, 2024 festival in Brooklyn, where one person was damaged by the shooting, killing one and wounding four more people, including a child. accused of not protecting the The lawsuit was filed last week.
The legal paper did not provide details about the victim identified only by initials, but authorities said the 16-year-old was injured in a shooting last year.
Legal documents filed with the Brooklyn Supreme Court show that the city and its police should have been expecting confusion between the raucous celebrations of Caribbean culture and heritage.
The lawsuit states that the young victim was “severe and permanently injured.”
City officials argue around the parade that “it's negligent, careless, reckless… it doesn't legally provide adequate and adequate security to people.”
The mother and her son are seeking unspecified damages.
Parade's preference for violence dates back at least to 2003 and back to 2023, before last year's shooting, according to the lawsuit.
Former aide to a former gov. Carrie Gabby's Andrew Cuomo was fatally shot in the head in 2015 after being caught in a gang crossfire. The following year, two St. John's University students were shot and killed.
Last year, the only gunman fired along the Eastern Parkway parade route, killing 25-year-old Denzelchan and injuring four other people. The youngest victims, 16, hit the arm, police said at the time.
Authorities have not yet announced their arrests publicly.
The NYPD did not reply to an email seeking comment, and the city's legal department declined to comment while the lawsuit was pending.
However, the NYPD last year claimed it had a strong presence in the festival. This includes having 300 handheld metal detectors for screening in the hopes of possible violence.
Other security measures include cameras, hundreds of light towers and drones. It was used for the second time last year, The police said at the time.
Mayor Eric Adams also supported the agency's efforts at a press conference the following day, claiming it was “one nut” that shot five people in an otherwise safe parade and j'ouvert. .
“We go out and our hearts come out to our families because you come out to celebrate. You don't want to come out and have that violence we've seen in the past. “Adams I said.
“The parade has always attracted little elements of people who wanted to commit violence, but it showed us that once we come together we can prevent that.”
Another defendant mentioned in the lawsuit, the West Indian American Dacarnival Association, did not reply to a message seeking comment.
The lawyer representing Mincy also did not return a call for the post.
