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 Police Officers Charged in Death of Graffiti Artist Michael Stewart

Poco antes de las 3 am del 15 de septiembre de 1983, la policía arrestó a Michael Stewart en una estación de metro de la calle 14 por escribir con rotulador en la pared. En una hora, los agentes lo llevaron al Hospital Bellevue. Stewart no tenía pulso ni presión arterial. Fue revivido pero permaneció en coma hasta su muerte 13 días después.

Stewart era negro. Los policías que lo arrestaron eran blancos. Tres oficiales, John Kostick, Henry Boerner y Anthony Piscola, fueron acusados ​​de homicidio, agresión y perjurio por negligencia criminal, y otros tres, Susan Techky, Henry Hassler y James Barry, de cometer perjurio ante el gran jurado investigador.

El médico forense jefe Elliot Gross concluyó que Stewart murió de un paro cardíaco y que ni los hematomas en la cara de Stewart ni las abrasiones en las muñecas contribuyeron a las lesiones. Un mes después, Gross cambió de opinión en el informe final y citó una lesión en la médula espinal como causa de muerte. Dos años más tarde, Gross volvió a cambiar de opinión y decidió que no tenía opinión sobre cómo murió Stewart.

Pero el médico forense jefe de Massachusetts, que revisó los registros del hospital y el informe de la autopsia, testificó que Michael Stewart murió de asfixia como resultado de la fuerza aplicada en su cuello. Un testigo de la acusación, que estaba estudiando en la ventana de su dormitorio, dijo que vio a un oficial usar una porra para estrangular a Stewart. La defensa afirmó que Stewart, borracho, resistió violentamente el arresto y murió de insuficiencia cardíaca.

El jurado, compuesto íntegramente por blancos, declaró a los agentes no culpables después de siete días de deliberación.

Carrie and Millard Stewart, transit police officers on trial for the death of Michael Stewart, jury, and Judge Jeffrey Atlas

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1985

Barry Agulnick addresses the jury during the Michael Stewart trial. Anthony Piscola and Justice Atlas also appear in sketch.

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1985

Portrait of Barry Agulnick during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

A witness testifies during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

From left to right: John Kostick, Justice Jeffrey Atlas, Susan Techky, Henry Boerner, James Barry, Anthony Piscola, and Henry Hassler.

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1985

John Fried, Justice Atlas, and defendants.

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1985

Michael Stewart's parents observe courtroom scene.

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1985

James Barry observes as his attorney, Louis Fasulo, addresses the jury.

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1985

Portrait of Millard and Carrie Stewart, parents of Michael Stewart.

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James Barry observes as his attorney, Louis Fasulo, addresses the jury.

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1985

Unfinished sketch depicting an attorney and the jury during the Michael Stewart trial.

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Prosecutor John W. Fried questions a witness.

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Scene from the Michael Stewart trial.

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Barry Agulnick addresses the jury during the Michael Stewart trial.

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Prosecutor John W. Fried addresses the jury during the Michael Stewart trial.

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Barry Agulnick questions a witness.

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1985

Patricia Pesce testifies during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

Scene from the trial of six transit officers for the death of graffiti artist Michael Stewart.

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1985

Portrait of the jury during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

John Kostick looks on as John Dempsey, a transit officer, testifies during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

Prosecution witness Robert LeBright testifies during trial of transit officers after the death of graffiti artist Michael Stewart.

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1983

Henry Hassler, one of the transit officers charged with the death of graffiti artist Michael Stewart, appears before Judge George F. Roberts on perjury charges. Prosecutor John Fried also appears in sketch.

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1985

Scene from the trial of transit police officers on trial for the death of Michael Stewart: Sgt James Barry, Sgt. Henry Hassler, Officer John Kostick, Henry Boerner, Susan Techky, and Anthony Piscola. Judge Jeffrey Atlas also appear in sketch. Jury forewoman Monica Millard Cox addresses the court.

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1985

The parents of Michael Stewart observe as Judge George F. Roberts addresses transit officers on trial for the death of Stewart.

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1985

Transit officers Anthony Piscola, Harry Boerner, and John Kostick appear before Justice George Roberts and prosecutor John Fried.

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John Kostick, Henry Boerner, and Anthony Piscola appear before the jury foreman during the Michael Stewart case.

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Susan Techky, a defendant in the Michael Stewart trial, observes as her attorney, Ronald Kliegerman addresses the jury.

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1985

John Kostick and Justice Jeffrey Atlas observe as defense attorney Barry Agulnick addresses the jury.

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1985

Prosecutor John Fried addresses the jury during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

Prosecutor John Fried addresses the jury during the Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

Barry Agulnick, attorney for John Kostick

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1985

Jury, Judge Jeffrey Atlas, and transit police officers

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1985

Assistant District Attorney John W. Fried and Heidi Posner

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1985

Mark Burkett, witness who testified that Michael Stewart appeared sober on the night of his arrest

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1985

Susan Brown, bartender and witness. She testified that Michael Stewart did not appear to be drunk during the night of his arrest.

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1985

Assistant District Attorney John W. Fried questions a witness

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1985

Judge Jeffrey Atlas presides as Barry Agulnick, attorney for John Kostick, cross-examines prosecution witness John Gunderson

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1985

Defendants Susan Techky, James Barry, and Henry Hassler

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1985

Judge Jeffrey Atlas and ADA John W. Fried during Michael Stewart Trial

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1985

John W. Fried and witness Lt. Francis Harte during Michael Stewart trial

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1985

Transit police officers on trial for the death of Michael Stewart, jury, and Judge Jeffrey Atlas

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Judge Jeffrey Atlas instructing jurors during Michael Stewart trial

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1985

Judge Jeffrey Atlas and transit police officers during Michael Stewart trial

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1985

Michael Stewart trial: John Kostick, Susan Techky, Henry Boerner, James Barry, Anthony Piscola, and Henry Hassler

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1985

Judge Jeffrey Atlas during Michael Stewart trial

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1985

Judge Jeffrey Atlas, jury, and transit police officers during Michael Stewart trial

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1985

Judge Jeffrey Atlas, parents of Michael Stewart, and transit police officers

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Judge Jeffrey Atlas

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1985

Christopher Seyster, prosecution witness during Michael Stewart trial.

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1985

John W. Fried and Goodman

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1985

Barry Agulnick, attorney for John Kostick, questions a witness during the Michael Stewart trail.

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1985

Transit police officers on trial for the death of Michael Stewart: Sgt James Barry, Sgt. Henry Hassler, Officer John Kostick (with his attorney Barry Agulnick), Henry Boerner, Anthony Piscola. Assistant District Attorney John Fried and Judge Jeffrey Atlas also appear in sketch.

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1985

Scene from the Michael Stewart trial

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1985

Vladimir Simonov, Soviet journalist for Novosti with Mrs. Carrie Stewart, mother of Michael Stewart

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1985

Carrie and Millard Stewart, parents of Michael Stewart, observe jury

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1985

Carrie and Millard Stewart, parents of Michael Stewart, observe jury

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1985

Carrie and Millard Stewart, transit police officers on trial for the death of Michael Stewart, jury, and Judge Jeffrey Atlas

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1985

Michael Jerome Stewart (9 de mayo de 1958, Brooklyn , Nueva York - 28 de septiembre de 1983, Manhattan , Nueva York) fue un hombre afroamericano que recibió reconocimiento después de su muerte tras ser arrestado por la Policía de Tránsito de la ciudad de Nueva York por escribir graffiti con marcador de punta blanda o usando una lata de aerosol en una pared del metro de la ciudad de Nueva York en la estación First Avenue . Su trato mientras estaba bajo custodia policial y los subsiguientes juicios de los oficiales que lo arrestaron (todos los cuales fueron absueltos) provocaron un debate sobre la brutalidad policial.y las responsabilidades de los funcionarios encargados de arrestar en el manejo de los sospechosos. Este fue un episodio ampliamente publicitado en la historia de casos de brutalidad policial de la ciudad de Nueva York .

La noticia del arresto se conoció el 15 de septiembre de 1983 cuando el Comité contra la violencia policial por motivos raciales estaba celebrando una conferencia de prensa para dar a conocer una audiencia del Congreso de los Estados Unidos sobre denuncias de abuso policial. Stewart había sido arrestado ese mismo día. Murió a los 25 años, el 28 de septiembre, tras 13 días en coma. La causa de la muerte figuraba como paro cardíaco .

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