Noel Palanco

Death by Force

Noel Polanco, a 22-year-old National Guardsman from Queens, New York, tragically lost his life on October 4, 2012. Polanco was fatally shot by NYPD Detective Hassan Hamdy during a traffic stop on the Grand Central Parkway. The incident occurred after Polanco was allegedly driving erratically and cut off an unmarked Emergency Services Unit vehicle. According to police reports, Polanco initially resisted efforts to pull him over, and Hamdy fired the fatal shot after claiming he saw Polanco reachin ...Read More

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