Family of mentally ill Harlem man shot dead by police fears Trump’s Justice Department will ignore the case
Cops shot Mohamed Bah in his Harlem apartment on Sept. 25, 2012. Bah was mentally ill.
(Handout)The family of a mentally ill man who was shot to death by NYPD cops in his Harlem apartment worries President Trump’s Justice Department won’t care about the case.
Relatives of Mohamed Bah — whom cops shot in his apartment on Sept. 25, 2012, after his mother, Hawa, called for help — is apprehensive about the DOJ’s treatment of civil rights cases.
This comes after Trump fired Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on March 11. Bah's family hopes acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim will act swiftly.
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim
(AP)“We’re hoping that Mr. Kim will take it upon himself before another U.S. Attorney is appointed by Mr. Trump, who will probably not be as sympathetic to her cause,” said Bah family lawyer Randolph McLaughlin.
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Kim’s office declined comment. DOJ did not respond to a request for comment.