On March 25, 2021, the New York City Council passed legislation aimed at reforming the New York City Police Department. The Council voted to limit qualified immunity. Qualified immunity is a legal term.

When police act in unjust ways, citizens can end up severely injured. Police have a significant amount of power when in uniform. They are allowed to use force when they need to gain control of an encounter. However, they are only supposed to use the minimal amount of force necessary. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In order to determine an act of police brutality, you need to work with an experienced Manhattan police misconduct lawyer from Segal & Lax.

A man, R.M., was allegedly shot by a police officer while he was retrieving cigarettes from a car around 2:45 in the morning. The victim of the gun shot is now in a hospital bed recovering from the incident. R.M. reports that he felt like he was in a "firing squad" while the bullets were flying everywhere.