We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square.

Protesters jumped the subway turnstiles in Union Square to bring attention to what they say was a reckless reaction by the NYPD for shooting a man over doing the same thing.

Two officers pursued a fare evasion suspect, then opened fire as he approached them, police said. The suspect, one officer and two bystanders were shot.

Protesters demanded transparency and accountability from the NYPD after a police-involved shooting in Brooklyn on Sunday that saw a fare evasion suspect, a officer and two innocent bystanders all struck by police gunfire.

It was very reckless of them to be shooting in a crowded train station,” a friend of Gregory Delpeche said of the NYPD

The Brooklyn man who allegedly charged at police officers with a knife on Sunday had already had one interaction with police for reportedly dodging the MTA fare, the NYPD said. NYPD Interim Police Commissioner Thomas G.

The NYPD plans to release body-worn camera footage from Sunday’s chaotic police shooting inside a Brooklyn subway station later this week, in coordination with the district attorney’s office, officials said.