Scenes From the Rally for Saheed Vassell

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Demonstrators rallied at the intersection of Utica Avenue and Montgomery Street in Crown Heights Thursday to protest the police killing of Saheed Vassell.

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Victoria Davis, whose brother Delrawn Small was shot by an off-duty police officer in 2016, delivered a speech outside the NYPD’s 71st Precinct Thursday night as protesters demanded answers about the shooting of Saheed Vassell.

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Mourners and outraged protesters thronged the streets outside the NYPD’s 71st Precinct Thursday night, demanding answers about Wednesday’s police shooting of Saheed Vassell.