Police violence in United States of America returns to the country’s media after the killing of a 13 year old boy. The incident dates back to Friday evening and occurred at Uticain the state of New York. The 13-year-old had fled on foot during a check and had pointed a weapon at an officer which however turned out to be a pellet gun, replica of a Glock 17 with detachable magazine. The American media released bodycam videos of the three police officers who intervened. The (white) officers arrested two boys while investigating a series of thefts in the area. The suspects were described as armed Asian males. When one of the two arrested ran away, one of the policemen chased him and had a gun pointed at him. After reaching him and throwing him to the ground, a struggle ensued during which the officer fired a shot. The boy, declared dead at the hospital, was his name Nya Mway. It was the officer who shot Patrick Husnayin service for 6 years.
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Saturday evening, says the New York Timesa portion of Utica residents took to the streets and gathered near the site where Nyah was killed for a vigil in his honor: candles, balloons depicting the number 13, the boy’s age. “What happened yesterday in our community,” said the mayor Michael Galime – it is an event that has become too familiar and routine.” Nyah had passed her middle school exams just this week. He was the second of four children and loved playing football and going out with friends. His mother was waiting for him at home, then the police arrived and alerted her to what had happened and that her son was hospitalized. She didn’t have time to reach the health facility because the boy had already been declared dead. Nyah’s family members are located in the United States as refugees: belong to the ethnicity Burmapersecuted in Myanmar. They have lived in the USA for about 8 years. Arriving in the US was an opportunity to start over, members of the community explain to the NYT, “without the fear of being persecuted by authoritarian figures”. “Coming here and losing your child like that makes you wonder: have we gone from one persecution to another?”
