A police officer in White Plains has been
sacked, allegedly for using a racial epithet during an encounter in which a
fellow officer shot and killed a 68-year-old former Marine.
Officer Steven Hart’s dismissal was
announced Monday by White Plains Police Commissioner David Chong, who refused
to explain why the cop was fired. But attorney John Pappalardo said the firing
stems from a deadly encounter in 2011 between police and resident Kenneth
Chamberlain Sr. — an incident first reported by the Daily News. Police went to Chamberlain’s apartment
after his medical alert device went off. The device recorded one of the cops
using the racial slur, according to his family’s lawsuit.