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Brownsville Kids Chased by Armed Ex-Cop March to City Hall, Pick Up First Support From NYC Pol

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Monday became the only elected official to validate the three boys’ claims that ex-cop Kruythoff Forrester chased them for seven minutes and pointed a gun at them in Nov. 2021.

Nearly 18 months after three boys were chased by an ex-cop who allegedly pointed a gun at them but soon had his arrest voided by police brass, the kids got their first public demonstration of support — including from the only elected official to validate their concerns so far.

About 100 people — including roughly 30 members of the Brooklyn United Marching Band — walked on Monday afternoon from Brooklyn Borough Hall, over the Brooklyn Bridge, to a Lower Manhattan plaza next to City Hall to highlight the case of the three teens from Brownsville who claim former NYPD Officer Kruythoff Forrester menaced them with a gun on Nov. 24, 2021.

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