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DEBORAH DANNER
NYPD sergeant acquitted in Deborah Danner's death
BY Thomas Tracy Chelsia Rose Marcius Larry Mcshane
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Thursday, February 15, 2018, 6:49 PM
The acquittal of a veteran NYPD sergeant in the fatal shooting of a schizophenic Bronx woman came Thursday in a deadly quiet courtroom — and then the shouting started.
City police unions praised the verdict before they blasted Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill after a Bronx bench trial ended with Sgt. Hugh Barry’s exoneration on all charges.
The sergeant sat stoically as Supreme Court Judge Robert Neary announced his decision around 9:40 a.m. in the dramatic finish to Barry’s trial for killing Deborah Danner, 66, inside her Bronx apartment.
Barry, 31, was charged with murder after firing two bullets into the mentally ill woman’s chest during a quickly escalating showdown that lasted just seconds.
Cop on trial for Deborah Danner death to learn verdict Thursday
The victim’s sister Jennifer Danner raised her eyebrows slightly as the officer was cleared in the killing. Barry testified that his life was in danger when Danner swung a 32-inch baseball bat at his head.
Sgt. Ed Mullins, head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, praised the verdict while ripping de Blasio, O’Neill and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark.
“What I saw was the police commissioner play politics,” said Mullins. “I saw a mayor play politics and a district attorney play politics.”
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Eleanor Bumpurs was killed under similar circumstances by an officer in 1984
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