Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a knife shows they fired at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train.

We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square.

The NYPD on Friday released body-worn camera footage from last weekend’s shooting at a Brooklyn subway station that started as a confrontation between police and an alleged fare-beater.

Police say that a man suspected of not paying the subway fare did not follow instructions and threatened officers with a knife.

Police officials shared more details about the Brownsville, Brooklyn subway station shooting during a Wednesday evening news conference. They said the violence, captured on body-worn cameras and 15 surveillance cameras at the station and on the trains, began when a man accused of fare evasion later charged at police with a knife.

The Brooklyn man who allegedly charged at police officers with a knife on Sunday had already had one interaction with police for reportedly dodging the MTA fare, the NYPD said. NYPD Interim Police Commissioner Thomas G.

MTA Deputy Chief Jose LaSalle discussed recent protests following the police shooting at a Brooklyn subway station, grid lock around the United Nations, and the newly announced capital plan for infrastructure improvements.