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Social Media Feud Led to Murder - Cops Say (Inset)   Emery Mizell, 17, was stabbed to death allegedly by her 15-year-old cyber bully, cops said. -Photos by Citizen and Facebook By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice May 3, 2024 BRONX - A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a 17 year old in Soundview, cops said. The murder stemmed from an ongoing social media feud between the victim and her alleged killer. The NYPD has announced the arrest of a 15-year-old girl in connection with yesterday’s murder. The teen has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. Police would not release the suspect’s name because she is a minor. Police have identified 17-year-old Emery Mizell as the victim in the fatal stabbing. Cops said Mizell had allegedly been cyber bullied by the suspect on social media.  At around 2:15 on May 2, officers from the 43rd Precinct responded to a report of a stabbing in Soundview. When they arrived at 1105 Boyton Avenu

Police Commissioner Sewell Resigns

Keechant Sewell stands between Deputy Mayor Philip Banks and Mayor Eric Adams during a City Hall press conference. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY


By Yoav Gonen and Katie Honan, The City

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NEW YORK - Commissioner Keechant Sewell will step down from her role leading the New York City Police Department, the latest high-profile resignation under Mayor Eric Adams. 


Sewell, the first female police commissioner in the NYPD’s history, announced her resignation on Monday in an email circulated to members of the department. 



Her letter came just days after the New York Post
reported that City Hall had ratcheted up its micromanagement of Sewell’s decisions after she sought to discipline a top NYPD Chief with close ties to Adams. 




“I have made the decision to step down from my position,” Sewell wrote in the email, which was obtained by THE CITY. “While my time here will come to a close, I will never step away from my advocacy and support for the NYPD, and I will always be a champion for the people of New York City.”




Adams put out a statement shortly after the Post broke the news of Sewell’s resignation, thanking her for working “nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a year and a half,” and saying that “New Yorkers owe her a debt of gratitude.”


Sewell had recently sought to strip NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey of between six and 10 vacation days as discipline for a finding by the Civilian Complaint Review Board that Maddrey had abused his authority by overturning the arrest of a retired cop in Nov. 2021.




Adams had made it clear that he stood by Maddrey and that he didn’t think Maddrey had acted inappropriately in the decision to void the arrest of ex-cop Kruythoff Forrester, who was detained by cops in Brownsville’s 73rd Precinct for allegedly menacing three young boys with a gun. That incident was first reported by THE CITY and detailed in an exclusive video investigation.


A phone message left for Sewell wasn’t immediately responded to.


This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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