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'Deeply Troubling': NYPD Quietly Deleted Tweet Falsely Accusing Black Teen of Mass Shooting, Refused to Make Public Apology Until Family's Plea Sparked Outrage and Forced Their Hand
An NYPD social media post wrongly pinned a mass shooting at a parade in Brooklyn last year on a Black 15-year-old boy resulting in a dramatic personal
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‘Deeply Troubling’: NYPD Quietly Deleted Tweet Falsely Accusing Black Teen of Mass Shooting, Refused to Make Public Apology Until Family’s Plea Sparked Outrage and Forced Their Hand
Posted byBy Yasmeen F. | Published on: February 12, 2025 CommentsComments (0)
An NYPD social media post wrongly pinned a mass shooting at a parade in Brooklyn last year on a Black 15-year-old boy resulting in a dramatic personal upheaval for the teen and his family.
According to The Associated Press, more than two weeks after a shooting at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade, police investigators posted a surveillance image of 15-year-old Camden Lee on their social media accounts and labeled him a shooting suspect.
But Lee was merely an innocent spectator of the event.
It would take another five months for the police department to make a public apology and admit the wrongdoing after quietly meeting with Lee’s family.
NYPD said the image circulated on social media “mistakenly” stated that Lee was “wanted for the fatal shooting,” read a statement sent to news outlet on Sunday, including The Associated Press.
“The NYPD should have immediately corrected this misstatement,” added the department’s new chief spokesperson, Delaney Kempner. “We apologize for the error and will continue to seek justice for the victims of this shooting.”
The shooting happened on Sept. 2, 2024. Camden Lee left football practice with a teammate around 1 p.m. that day and decided to stop by the Labor Day weekend celebration that quickly devolved into chaos when someone opened fire into the crowd.
A bullet grazed the shoulder of Lee’s friend, but Lee walked away unharmed.
Then, on Sept. 19, NYPD began circulating Lee’s image and stating that he “discharged a firearm” at the parade.
“I see the NYPD logo. I see me. I see ‘suspect wanted for murder,’” Lee told AP. “I couldn’t believe what was happening. Then everything went blurry.”
Lee’s mother immediately contacted an attorney who reached out to police the same day Lee’s photo was posted in an effort to meet with investigators and clear the teen’s name.
Police instructed the lawyer to bring Lee to Brooklyn’s 77th police precinct the following week where detectives privately met with Lee’s attorney and confirmed that the 15-year-old was not a suspect.
“They conceded they got it wrong,” attorney Kenneth Montgomery said. “But these officers were so cavalier about it. It was like they were playing a game with a kid’s life.”
Investigators discreetly removed Lee’s photo from their social accounts and contacted local reporters through texts, urging them and their outlets not to use the image.
However, because detectives never issued a public statement coming clean about the blunder, the teen and his family had to navigate the fallout on their own.
“I used to have a lot of trust in the NYPD and how they do things,” said Lee’s mother, Chee Chee Brock, whose older son recently joined the department. “But I raised my kids to admit when they made a mistake. If you can blame an innocent kid for murder, what else can you get away with?”
As Lee’s photo continued to circulate on the internet, online sleuths tracked down his social media accounts and sent him a slew of death threats.
The day after the shooting, police said that the violence was gang-related and described the suspect as a slim man in his 20s who wore a paint-stained brown shirt and bandana. The photo police posted showed Lee wearing neither of these clothing items.
Lee’s mother feared possible gang retaliation and decided to move her son and two daughters to a relative’s home outside of Brooklyn, forcing Lee to miss several weeks of school, which caused his grades to suffer.
When they finally moved back, Lee was forbidden to go out in public by himself.
“As a mom, the No. 1 thing I’m scared of is losing my kids to the streets or the jail system,” said. “So he doesn’t have freedom now. When he goes to the corner store, I time him.”
Months later the family can breathe a sigh of relief but are not completely satisfied with the public apology, calling it “superficial.”
It’s unclear why police initially identified Lee as a suspect. Deputy Commissioner for Public Information Delaney Kempner, a newly-appointed spokesperson, told AP she would look into the matter but did not elaborate further.
In December 2024, investigators increased the reward for information leading to the shooting suspect to $10,000. Even though police are no longer circulating Lee’s photo, the teen and his family are still pleading with them to publicly address their mistake.
“It takes me to a dark place,” Lee said. “I don’t feel like myself anymore. I don’t have the opportunity to explain my side of the story. Everyone is so fixed on this one image of me: murderer.”
The family is now weighing the possibility of taking legal action against the NYPD.
“There’s tremendous pressure on the NYPD to serve up results in a high-profile shooting like this,” said Wylie Stecklow, a civil rights attorney representing the family. “The fact that they’ve failed to explain how this mistake was made, and how they’ll avoid it in the future, is deeply troubling.”
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
If he don’t come through, you’ll be in his office and up his butt? Imagine being the mayor of NYC and you got a Racist old white dude talking about you like that on Fox News. Adam’s career is done outside of being embarrassed by white people. That is his purpose in life now. I am not even sure he can deliver migrants. Hochul runs NYC not him, there is a legit chance she makes him step down.
Lmaoooo! That's why they dismissed his charges without prejudice, so they can hang it over him to assure compliance. Fitted him with a slave collar. Nasty work.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
If he don’t come through, you’ll be in his office and up his butt? Imagine being the mayor of NYC and you got a Racist old white dude talking about you like that on Fox News. Adam’s career is done outside of being embarrassed by white people. That is his purpose in life now. I am not even sure he can deliver migrants. Hochul runs NYC not him, there is a legit chance she makes him step down.
Pretty sure she has the authority to remove him from office outright regardless of if he’s willing to step down. The lieutenant governor and several city level officials already are calling for her to do that. One of the guys running for mayor is too.
the next guy
Superstar
he's a slave
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
1/21
@emilyngo
Thinly veiled Homan warning to Adams: “If he doesn’t come through … I’ll be in his office, up his butt, saying, Where the hell is the agreement we came to”
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1890396314669649921/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/utJJ77cGkEJeGeHJ.mp4
2/21
@VictoriaFox33
Publius
@OcrazioCornPop
BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg funneled $2 BILLION in Facebook stock to a foundation that's bankrolling lawsuits against Trump Silicon Valley Community Foundation has given over $4 MILLION to Protect Democracy, who's taking Trump to court to stop @realdogeusa https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjuNTfbWMAEkN8H?format=jpg&name=small
3/21
@HTWardish
You guys are literally fighting ghosts. Once you decided something was a quid pro quo you see it in every interaction. Confirmation bias, as they call it. That’s fine, I see a political prosecution that would’ve never been brought had he not come out strongly against Biden.
4/21
@AdviserCounsel
This is precisely why USA Sassoon said that if the president wants to carry out this political priority, he should just pardon the defendant. Now the government will hold the threat of prosecution over the mayor. You are seeing that here.
5/21
@SerenaFreeHer1
Wow
6/21
@DannyKPolitics
Political blackmail.
7/21
@DavidSokolow
Eric Adams should resign. It's shocking this level of corruption and self-interest that is taking in place in front of our eyes. Regardless of what you think on immigration policy, New Yorkers deserve a Mayor that prioritizes the city over himself.
8/21
@katiewr31413491
over 70% of NYC wants NYC to cooperate with ICE. We’ve had it.
9/21
@HimbofiedbyLife
10/21
@LCTweeter
It's so blatantly prosecutorial misconduct, it's possible Adams is trapping them.
Also setting up the AG and Trump for impeachment
11/21
@SanuroSwordsman
That ain’t thinly-veiled, that is ownership.
12/21
@Rob_AtoZ
No turning back, it's public now.
13/21
@Slyons1005
It's not a warning, it's a promise to back him up when he hits opposition.
14/21
@cisco_kidd0221
Tom "Luca Brasi" Homan: either Adams' Brains or His Signature will be on the Agreement.
15/21
@merrylynn06
I’m not an Eric Adams fan but I recognize Democrat lawfare when I see it..
16/21
@beach_trades
how many paint chips, 1000? 4580?
17/21
@MarysRoommate
Was that veiled?
18/21
@FLY_IT_
Tasty.
19/21
@allshotsfired
Thinly veiled?
20/21
@Tacosdad1
Homan is our Luca Brasi, of Godfather fame - fearsome, focused, unstoppable
21/21
@ny2justice
Will Eric Adams resign or be removed?
To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196
@emilyngo
Thinly veiled Homan warning to Adams: “If he doesn’t come through … I’ll be in his office, up his butt, saying, Where the hell is the agreement we came to”
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1890396314669649921/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/utJJ77cGkEJeGeHJ.mp4
2/21
@VictoriaFox33
Publius
@OcrazioCornPop
BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg funneled $2 BILLION in Facebook stock to a foundation that's bankrolling lawsuits against Trump Silicon Valley Community Foundation has given over $4 MILLION to Protect Democracy, who's taking Trump to court to stop @realdogeusa https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjuNTfbWMAEkN8H?format=jpg&name=small3/21
@HTWardish
You guys are literally fighting ghosts. Once you decided something was a quid pro quo you see it in every interaction. Confirmation bias, as they call it. That’s fine, I see a political prosecution that would’ve never been brought had he not come out strongly against Biden.
4/21
@AdviserCounsel
This is precisely why USA Sassoon said that if the president wants to carry out this political priority, he should just pardon the defendant. Now the government will hold the threat of prosecution over the mayor. You are seeing that here.
5/21
@SerenaFreeHer1
Wow
6/21
@DannyKPolitics
Political blackmail.
7/21
@DavidSokolow
Eric Adams should resign. It's shocking this level of corruption and self-interest that is taking in place in front of our eyes. Regardless of what you think on immigration policy, New Yorkers deserve a Mayor that prioritizes the city over himself.
8/21
@katiewr31413491
over 70% of NYC wants NYC to cooperate with ICE. We’ve had it.
9/21
@HimbofiedbyLife
10/21
@LCTweeter
It's so blatantly prosecutorial misconduct, it's possible Adams is trapping them.
Also setting up the AG and Trump for impeachment
11/21
@SanuroSwordsman
That ain’t thinly-veiled, that is ownership.
12/21
@Rob_AtoZ
No turning back, it's public now.
13/21
@Slyons1005
It's not a warning, it's a promise to back him up when he hits opposition.
14/21
@cisco_kidd0221
Tom "Luca Brasi" Homan: either Adams' Brains or His Signature will be on the Agreement.
15/21
@merrylynn06
I’m not an Eric Adams fan but I recognize Democrat lawfare when I see it..
16/21
@beach_trades
how many paint chips, 1000? 4580?
17/21
@MarysRoommate
Was that veiled?
18/21
@FLY_IT_
Tasty.19/21
@allshotsfired
Thinly veiled?
20/21
@Tacosdad1
Homan is our Luca Brasi, of Godfather fame - fearsome, focused, unstoppable
21/21
@ny2justice
Will Eric Adams resign or be removed?
To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
A 'trial' after all? Here’s how Gov. Hochul could remove Mayor Adams.
The governor isn’t closing the door on giving the mayor the boot. State and city law lay out a process for doing so.
gothamist.com
the next guy
Superstar
no longer king
Miles Davis
Prince of Darkness
No need for all this posturing meet in private and just do it.
