WNBC – New York
- New York Sen. Eric Adams, civil-rights attorney Norman Siegel and members of 100 Blacks In Law Enforcement hold a news conference to discuss a white police officer’s street stop of a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the NYPD.
Chief Douglas Zeigler, the head of the NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau and the highest uniformed black officer on the force, was off duty and sitting in his department-issued SUV on a Queens street on May 2 when two white police officers approached the vehicle and confronted him.
“He dealt with the chief in a discourteous manner, which is unacceptable,” NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. Civil-rights advocates said Sunday that the incident points to ongoing racial problems in the police department.
