A surge in violent
police clashes has left a trail of bodies across
New York City, stoking tensions between officers and critics who say they have been too quick to use deadly force.
Since mid-October, New York Police Department officers have shot five people, killing four of them — a torrent that left department veterans struggling to recall another time there were so many on-duty shootings in the city in such a short span.
Two days later, police killed a man in Brooklyn after they say he slammed an officer's head with a chair.