In court papers, Norberto Peets says police framed him, hid evidence from the grand jury and lost evidence that could have cleared him.
The case started with an argument near the 183rd Street and Jerome Avenue subway station in the Bronx, according to Peets’ lawsuit. It was about 2:30 a.m. on September 29, 1996, and a Latino man had just accused a Black man of stealing $20 from him inside a nearby Kennedy Fried Chicken.
After the fight, police collected a bloody bullet fragment where the shooter had fallen and interviewed victims and witnesses. Several described the shooter as a Black man wearing a red jacket, according to the lawsuit. Witnesses even identified a likely suspect. The lawsuit goes on to describe a series of missteps by police, including “suggestive lineups,” where investigators showed the officers who responded to the shooting potential suspects in a way that nudged them toward misidentifying Peets as the shooter. The suit accuses police of sharing a made-up narrative with the DA’s office to secure criminal charges against Peets.
“This period was particularly traumatic for Mr. Peets, who was isolated from his close-knit family and forced — in an overmedicated state — to confront the twin terrors of psychiatric commitment and the maddening prospect of spending life in prison as an innocent man,” the lawsuit says.
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