Surveillance camera footage from the Sutter Avenue subway station showed Derell Mickles hopping over a turnstile as two officers stood nearby. They followed him.

The incident on Sept. 15 started when police officers confronted 37-year-old Derell Mickles at the Sutter Avenue station for jumping the turnstile.

New York Police Department officers point their weapons towards Derell Mickles at the Sutter Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, Sept. 15, 2024.

New York Police Department officers point their weapons towards Derell Mickles at the Sutter Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, Sept. 15, 2024.