The New York Police Department says it will release body camera footage of its officers firing on a knife-wielding suspect in a New York subway car.

We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square.

Protesters jumped the subway turnstiles in Union Square to bring attention to what they say was a reckless reaction by the NYPD for shooting a man over doing the same thing.

Community leaders in Brooklyn are calling on the NYPD to suspend the officers who shot at a suspect on a subway train Sunday.

The Brooklyn man who allegedly charged at police officers with a knife on Sunday had already had one interaction with police for reportedly dodging the MTA fare, the NYPD said. NYPD Interim Police Commissioner Thomas G.

A previous version of this story misstated the severity of the bystander’s injury. The story has been updated. BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A bystander who was shot by police officers while they pursued a man accused of fare evasion in a Brooklyn subway station suffered brain damage,