Brooklyn subway police shooting: Mayor Adams again defends officers, saying he ‘saw discipline’ in video of their actions

By Dean Moses Posted on September 18, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams continued Wednesday to defend the officers’ actions in Sunday’s police-involved subway shooting in Brooklyn that left one officer wounded, a bystander with a brain injury, and a city wondering why it happened.

The Sept. 15 Brownsville subway shooting involved 37-year-old Derell Mickles, who police said charged at two officers while brandishing a knife as the cops sought to stop him after he entered the Sutter Avenue station on the L line without paying.