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• Family of man killed by Buffalo Police: "There needs to be consequences"
  Hernandez Rossy was killed after a traffic stop and a fight with Buffalo Police in Buffalo's Black Rock neighborhood. - Ed Reilly of WKBW
• Officials no longer sure man killed by police had shot cop
  Police searched the residential neighborhood where the encounter unfolded, but they haven’t found any weapon, raising the possibility that Hernandez-Rossy was unarmed. - AP News
• No criminal charges against police in fatal Black Rock shooting
  According to both state law and the U.S. Supreme Court precedent, law enforcement officers have the legal right to use deadly force if the officer "reasonably believes that such fleeing individual has just committed a felony involving physical force against another person," a statement from the AG's office said. - Maki Becker, Lou Michel of The Buffalo News
• Report on the Investigation into The Death of Jose Hernandez Rossy
  On Sunday, May 7, 2017, Jose Hernandez Rossy died after he was shot by a member of the Buffalo Police Department (“BPD”). Governor Cuomo subsequently issued Executive Order No. 147.10, which expressly conferred jurisdiction upon the Attorney General to investigate any potential unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officers relating to Mr. Hernandez Rossy’s death. - NY State Office of Attorney General
• Buffalo police sued in fatal shooting
  The family of Jose Hernandez-Rossy, the man who was fatally shot by police in May, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Buffalo and the police department. - Daniela Porat of Investigative Post
• Rossy v. City of Buffalo (1:17-cv-00937)
  Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights - District Court, W.D. New York | CourtListener
• Notice of Appeal
  Notice was given that defendants appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from an order entered on September 5, 2023 (Dkt. No. 142), which denied the Defendants, City of Buffalo, City of Buffalo Police Department P.O. Justin Tedesco, Buffalo Police Department P.O. Joseph Acquino, and Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda’s, (“City Defendants”) motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 107). The City Defendants limited the appeal to the District Court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. - Robert E. Quinn | Assistant Corporation Counsel
• Rossy v. City of Buffalo (23-7296)(2nd Cir.)
  Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Rossy v. City of Buffalo (23-7368)(2nd Cir.)
  Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Rossy v. City of Buffalo Oral Argument
  Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit