The killing of 10-year-old Clifford Glover, and the acquittal just over a year later of Officer Thomas Shea, sparked riots in South Jamaica.
A life of young boy who was shot and killed by a police officer fifty years ago was remembered in a special way Friday in Queens. Chantee Lans the story.A life of young boy who was shot and killed by a police officer 50 years ago was remembered in a special way Friday in Queens.
Clifford was fatally shot by an on-duty, undercover NYPD officer in plain clothes during a traffic stop in South Jamaica on April 28, 1973. They stopped Glover and his step father while they were walking to work. The killing, and the acquittal just over a year later of Officer Thomas Shea, sparked riots in South Jamaica."I am mayor because of Clifford lover," Adams said. "I was devastated when a 10-year-old was killed when I was 12. That could've been one of my classmates."
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