NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Tomorrow will be the six-month anniversary of the death of Kamal Flowers, a 24-year-old black man from New Rochelle. Flowers was shot and killed on June 5, 2020, by New Rochelle Police Officer Alec McKenna.
McKenna is currently the subject of a departmental investigation after Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino failed to secure a Grand Jury indictment.
Ever since the shooting in June, New Rochelle Police Benevolent Association President Christopher Greco has been at war with Mayor Noam Bramson, the New Rochelle City Council, the Black Community and anyone else who might take issue with his extreme position on the shooting that occurred on the night of June 5th. Basically, Greco has portrayed the shooting of Flowers as a good thing for the community.
Greco’s main platform has been the PBA Facebook page where he has criticized City officials and trumpeted shooting incidents and arrests involving weapons.
In his most recent Facebook post…
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