Video shows the NYPD killed Saheed Vassel in seconds after confronting him
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On Tuesday, New York Police Department released grainy surveillance footage from a storefront across the street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, showing the moment that officers killed Vassel after responding to reports of a man threatening people with what looked like a gun.
None of the officers who responded that day were equipped with body-worn cameras, a rarity these days in high-profile police shooting cases in major cities. Three of the five officers were plainclothes, and the city's body camera policy only applies to uniformed officers.