Death by Cop- 2022

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Ronald Anthony Smith

Case # :547

Gender : Male

Age : 53

Race : Black

Date : 04/07/2022

Location : Eastern Pkwy/Schenectady Ave

City : New York

County : Kings

State : New York

Agency : NYPD

Officer(s) :Orkhan Mamedov, Eval Siegel

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Unhoused pedestrian killed by police chase crash

Disposition : No known charges

Open Records Summary :

Ronald Smith was an unhoused man in New York who was killed by a speeding NYPD van. Police were accused of not even trying to help him after hitting him. A lawsuit was filed.

Source Links :

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/04/08/police-offering-no-new-details-on-nypd-van-crash-that-killed-man-on-eastern-parkway/

https://patch.com/new-york/prospectheights/nypd-van-fatally-hits-man-crown-heights-cops-say

https://patch.com/new-york/prospectheights/city-face-lawsuit-after-nypd-van-killed-man-brooklyn-records

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/04/20/ccrb-opens-probe-into-police-driver-who-killed-man-on-eastern-parkway/

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/11/16/video-shows-cops-not-even-trying-to-save-man-they-struck-on-eastern-parkway-family/