NYPD bodycam shows parolee armed with Mac-10 spoke calmly before fatal encounter with MTA cops
By: The parolee with a loaded machine pistol shot dead by MTA police in Queens in December spoke calmly to the officers before screaming “What did I do?” as cops wrestled him to the ground trying to handcuff him, recently released body-worn camera footage shows.
“I didn’t do nothing! What did I do?” Bashe McDaniel, 52, screamed as the MTA police officers forced him onto his stomach and tried to get his hands behind his back near 91st Ave. and Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica on Dec. 29.
The officers stopped McDaniel after a 19-year-old woman came forward, claiming that the parolee had groped her.
As McDaniel resisted, refusing to pull his hands out of his pockets, one of the two officers pulled out his taser and threatened to use it during the three-minute exchange.
“You’re going to get tased!” the officer screamed. “Put your hand behind your back! Let me see your hands!”
When McDaniel didn’t comply, the cop pressed the taser to his body, shocking him.
The officers had managed to slap one handcuff on McDaniel’s wrist when the Mac-10 in McDaniel’s jacket pocket went off, sending witnesses scrambling away, screaming. The butt of the gun was visibly sticking out of his pocket in the video of the struggle.
The officers back up with guns drawn, the video shows. When McDaniel flops over onto his back and appears to be reaching into his pocket, the officers fire off at least eight rounds at the ex-con while he lays on the sidewalk.
One of the officers falls as he backs up and takes aim at McDaniel.
“I’m good! You good?” one of the officers screams at the other. “I’m good!” the other cop responded, uninjured.
The machine pistol was found under his body as EMS rushed him to Jamaica Hospital, where he died a short time later. The cops were taken to an area hospital for trauma, but no other injuries were reported.