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05/14/2008: "Officer sacked for stopping black NYPD chief"

Civil rights advocates said Sunday that a recent incident in which a high-ranking black police official was ordered out of his car by a white officer points out ongoing racial problems in the city's Police Department.

Granahan's father, Richard, blamed Zeigler for the incident. He told the Daily News for an article in Sunday's editions that Zeigler was parked at a hydrant in Corona, Queens, with the SUV's windows rolled up and the engine off.

The father said that Granahan's partner saw the driver fumble at his waistband and hollered, "Gun!" As Granahan grabbed the door handle, Zeigler stepped out and "smacked Michael's hand," Richard Granahan said.

Zeigler's wife, Neldra, is the NYPD's deputy commissioner for equal employment opportunity.

[ It sounds like an honest mistake which was aggravated by the police chief's arrogant reactions. ]

http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/state/story/344572.html