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   Unicorn Riot (unicornriot@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 09:02:41 JST Unicorn Riot

   Nyah Mway, a 13-year-old refugee, was killed by police in Utica, NY the day after he graduated from middle school.

   Learn more here: https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/protests-erupt-in-utica-after-brutal-police-killing-of-13-year-old-refugee/

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     Unicorn Riot (unicornriot@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 09:02:40 JST Unicorn Riot

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     Mere moments after the police encounter, Mway starts running down the street. In one of the body cam videos, Mway turns toward Officer Bryce Patterson, who is then heard shouting, “He has a gun!” Patterson tackles Mway to the ground and repeatedly punches the boy in the head.

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     Officer Andrew Citriniti and Officer Patrick Husney were also in pursuit of Mway. While Officer Patterson was still on top of the subdued child, Officer Husney shoots Mway in the chest. The boy starts bleeding out on the sidewalk.

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     On the evening of June 28, Mway and his friend were stopped by three police officers from the Utica Police Department and two Oneida County Deputy Sheriffs on their walk home from Bible study class and a graduation party.

     Body camera footage was released by UPD, but only from three of the officers who were on the scene. The footage shows a pedestrian stop, otherwise known as a stop-and-frisk — a controversial tactic of interrogating and searching someone based solely on “reasonable suspicion.”