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Dec 10, 2011 · Malik Williams, 19, was shot multiple times by police officers who found him hiding in a garage Saturday afternoon and was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was...
- Nine Shots Fired
- Protests
- Settlement
On Dec. 10, 2011, Williams, 19, turned himself in to Garfield police on an aggravated assault warrant that stemmed from an incident with Rivera. He was served with the criminal complaint, and police began booking him. After about two hours, Williams — who at times was left unrestrained and unattended — fled the unsecured booking room and bolted fro...
Williams' killing came at a moment when a national discussion about relations between police and young men of color was just beginning to emerge. Two months after Williams was killed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot in Florida by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Also in February 2012, 18-year-old Ramarley Graham was chased into hi...
Urbaez said Rivera decided to settle in the best interest of Williams' son, who is now 5. The settlement for $180,000 paid by the defendants was a lump sum. It was approved by a judge on March 8. "We are disappointed with the amount, but no amount will ever truly bring justice to what happened to a 19-year-old kid from Garfield, New Jersey," Urbaez...
Feb 13, 2012 · GARFIELD — The family of Malik Williams, the 19-year-old who was killed in a confrontation with city and county police after fleeing the Garfield police station, intends to file suit for $150...
Malik Williams was shot and killed by police after fleeing out an unlocked door at the Garfield police department, where he had earlier turned himself in on domestic assault charges. S.P....
Dec 11, 2011 · GARFIELD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office says 19-year-old Malik Williams of Garfield turned himself in on an aggravated assault warrant and was being...
Jun 28, 2012 · GARFIELD — The cluster of buildings near the corner of Midland Avenue and Passaic Street has served as headquarters of those protesting the December police-involved shooting of Malik Williams.
Jasmine Rivera, the mother of Malik Williams’ son, was suing Bergen County, the city of Garfield and the officers who shot Williams.
