Police Officer Who Gunned Down Kimani Gray Nominated For Award

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Police Officer Who Gunned Down Kimani Gray Nominated For Award

One of two police officers involved in the controversially fatal shooting that claimed the life of 16-year-old Kimani Gray last year recently declined a nomination for “Cop Of The Year.”

via Think Progress

In 2013, 16-year-old Kimani Gray was killed when two plainclothes New York Police officers shot him seven times. Police claimed Gray had a gun, though witnesses disagreed with the officers’ story.

The two police involved in the shooting, Sgt. Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova, have not faced any charges as a result of the shooting. One has, however, stayed on his department’s radar: Mourad was originally named to receive “Cop of the Year” this Thursday by the NYPD Muslim Officers Society. But due to community pressure, Mourad refused the award and did not attend the ceremony.

“He’s done a lot of work taking down criminals and taking a lot of guns and drugs off the street,” Lt. Adeel Rana told the New York Daily News on why he was originally chosen for the award. Mourad had also been honored by the department in 2011 with an award for outstanding police work.

Gray’s family and their supporters were outraged by the group’s choice. “It’s an insult to the family and the community,” Former city council member Charles Barron, one of the Grays’ closest allies, told New York’s Amsterdam News. “There has been a pattern in the Police Department to reward cops who killed our Black youth.”

This is beyond ridiculous. So bot only did these aint-isht PIGS face no charges for gunning down this young teen in plain clothes, they’re being nominated for awards too??? SMH!