The Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent oversight agency, sent a letter to the NYPD on Friday asking the department to fire an officer who shot and killed an unarmed man in 2019.
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Police say Jonathan Rivera, who was a sergeant at the time, fatally shot Allan Feliz, 31, during a struggle in the Bronx following a traffic stop.
Officers had pulled Feliz over because they thought he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, though he was. When they ran his ID, they found arrest warrants. Police say Feliz was on federal probation for drug-related charges and had drugs in his pocket at the time, but was unarmed.
According to police, Feliz tried to drive away, and Rivera used his Taser on Feliz and lunged into the car. Police say Rivera then shot Feliz in the chest because he believed Feliz was about to run over another officer…