Police had no duty to protect Brooklyn teen, judge rules
A high school student attacked by a group of kids and shot in the back after police departed the scene was not entitled to any special form of protection by the New York City Police Department or the New York City Department of Education, a Brooklyn judge ruled last week.
Melvon Moore, a 15-year-old student, was jumped by a group of boys after school. Police were summoned to the scene, questioned Moore about his condition and demanded that the onlookers disperse. Moore, refusing to respond to the officers’ concern about his well-being, began to chase one of the offending students.
The police officers down tracked Moore and the offenders down and demanded again, via the police car, that the crowd disperse. Shortly after the police left the scene, Moore was shot in the back.