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Timothy Stansbury Jr.

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Jan 24, 2004

Victim Details

Timothy Stansbury, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2004-01-24

19

Timothy

Stansbury Jr.

07/09/2026

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In the early morning hours of January 24, 2004, a single gunshot echoed across the rooftop of a housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, forever altering the lives of a family and stirring a city's conscience. Timothy Stansbury Jr., a 19-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by New York Police Department Officer Richard S. Neri Jr. Stansbury, a high school senior who worked part-time at McDonald's, was with two friends, using the roof as a shortcut to get to a party in ...
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  • Shooting of Timothy Stansbury - Wikipedia
  • The New York City Council - File #: Res 0166-2004
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the people on the grand jury in the Timothy Stansbury Jr. case and ... ...Read More
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of rooftops in urban communities, like the one where Timot... ...Read More
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    Reading about Timothy Stansbury Jr.'s tragic death is truly distressing. It must have been an incred... ...Read More
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