Summary

A Bronx judge convicted an NYPD sergeant of second-degree manslaughter for killing a man by throwing a cooler at his head during an attempted drug bust. The New York attorney general’s office accused Erik Duran of using excessive force in an attempt to salvage a botched arrest when he threw a cooler at Eric Duprey in August 2023. Duran’s defense attorney argued the sergeant made a split-second decision to protect himself and others.

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