NYPD Officer Shoots 15-Year-Old Randolph Evans Point-Blank in Brooklyn

NYPD officer Robert Torsney shot 15-year-old Randolph Evans in the head at point-blank range in the Cypress Hills housing project in Brooklyn. Evans was unarmed. Torsney was acquitted by reason of insanity in 1977 and released within a year. The killing provoked mass protests and became a rallying point for police accountability advocates.