What Happened To Eric Duprey?

NYPD under fire after one threw an object at a fleeing suspect causing a deadly crash.

When Eric Adams, mayor of New York City reestablished the New York City Police Department's undercover unit, he wanted to bring criminal activity down. I guess this is a result of the unit returning to its past days.

The NYPD is the country's largest police force with 79,000 officers serving the five city boroughs with a population of 8.7 million. This incident happened in The Bronx.

Adams may have to once again explain why the NYPD once again chose to do a reckless act in pursuit of a suspect.

A plain clothes officer is suspended without pay after he let his need to react to a fleeing suspect on a motorbike go too far. Now the suspect is dead because of it.

The suspect Eric Duprey was literally knocked off his motorbike when NYPD cop Eric Duran threw a cooler into his face. The motorbike crashed into a tree, a vehicle and metal fence.

The NYPD placed sargent (left) on non paid leave. It means possible criminal charges are coming.

The impact caused traumatic brain injury and Duprey died at the scene.

Surveillance video viewed by The Associated Press showed Duprey driving the gas-powered motorcycle on a sidewalk toward a group of people, including the sergeant, who was not in uniform.

Brutal video of Bronx father Eric Duprey on his scooter getting a cooler smashed in his head by NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran. Duprey was killed almost instantly after falling. Sgt. Duran has been suspended. pic.twitter.com/9oaR8zYaZ4

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As he approached, the video shows Duran pick up a red object — the picnic cooler — and throw it. Duprey is struck hard. He loses control, then is tossed toward a tree as the motorcycle veers into the street. The bike smashes into a metal barricade before coming to rest against a parked car.

Duprey was pronounced dead at the scene minutes after the crash, which happened around 5:30 p.m.

Police said Duprey tried to flee on a friend’s motorcycle after he was caught selling drugs to an undercover police officer. The sergeant was standing on the sidewalk as part of the “buy-and-bust” operation carried out by the Bronx Narcotics Unit. Police declined to specify what drugs Duprey was accused of selling.

Reached by phone, Duprey’s mother, Gretchen Soto, told The Associated Press the police narrative was “all lies,” insisting her son was not selling drugs or trying to evade officers. She said she was on a video call with him from Puerto Rico on Wednesday when suddenly the screen went dark.

“He wasn’t fleeing. He wasn’t fleeing. He was just on the motorcycle talking to me on the video chat. And he passed by that place when all of a sudden the call cut out,” she said in Spanish.

She said Duprey lived in the Bronx, worked as a delivery driver and had three children, ages 3, 5 and 9.

“They left three fatherless babies,” Soto said. “I’m going to get justice.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office, which has jurisdiction to probe deaths involving police, is investigating. The NYPD said it is cooperating.

Republicans complained about Black and Brown children being left without fathers. When cops kill these fathers, guess they're no where to be found. Republicans justify most police encounters.

“The NYPD is committed to ensuring that there will be a full, thorough, and transparent investigation of this incident to determine the facts and to take the appropriate steps forward,” the department said in a statement.

A message seeking comment was left with Duran’s union. The Daily News first reported the incident.

Duran, a 13-year veteran of the department, joined the Bronx Narcotics Unit last September. He has been recognized by the department dozens of times for what it deems excellent and meritorious police service, according to a police personnel database.

Duran’s disciplinary record includes a substantiated complaint last year for abusing his authority during a stop, according to the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.

By the way, ask Vivek Ramaswamy why they're are fatherless homes? 

His Asian privileged ass blames crime on fatherless homes. Well, it appears that a crime happened by the police and it left children without a father.

Assholes like this cop and Ramaswamy should never exist. Unfortunately they do.