New York City wrestles with surge of violent police clashes FILE - This Oct. 23, 2019 file photo provided by the New York Police Department shows a firearm recovered at the scene where police shot and killed a suspect in New York. A police officer, also shot during the incident, was in stable condition and is expected to survive. He was shot in the chest but was wearing a bullet-proof vest. A surge in violent police clashes in recent weeks has left a trail of bodies across the city and stoked tensions between officers and critics who say they have been too quick to use deadly force. (New York Police Department via AP, File)
In this Oct. 24, 2019 file photo, Deputy Chief Kevin Maloney speaks during a news conference at police headquarters in New York. The NYPD says it has confirmed that an officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest was hit by a suspect's bullet, during a confrontation with the apparently emotionally disturbed man early Oct. 23 at a Harlem apartment building. At right is First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker. A surge in violent police clashes in recent weeks has left a trail of bodies across the city and stoked tensions between officers and critics who say they have been too quick to use deadly force. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, New York police and other emergency personnel investigate the scene of a shooting at a nail salon in the Brownsville neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police say the man who attacked a police officer with a metal chair was shot to death by the officer. A surge in violent police clashes in recent weeks has left a trail of bodies across the city and stoked tensions between officers and critics who say they have been too quick to use deadly force. (AP Photo/Julius Motal, File)
FILE - This Oct. 23, 2019 file photo provided by the New York Police Department shows a firearm recovered at the scene where police shot and killed a suspect in New York. A police officer, also shot during the incident, was in stable condition and is expected to survive. He was shot in the chest but was wearing a bullet-proof vest. A surge in violent police clashes in recent weeks has left a trail of bodies across the city and stoked tensions between officers and critics who say they have been too quick to use deadly force. (New York Police Department via AP, File)