page_title: Shooting of Gidone Busch
section_title: Civil proceedings
hierarchical_section_title: Shooting of Gidone Busch / Civil proceedings
caption_attribution_description: English: Sterling Johnson, Jr., Senior District Judge
context_page_description: Gidone Busch or Gary Busch was a mentally ill Breslover Hasid who was shot and killed outside his apartment in Borough Park, Brooklyn by four officers of the New York City Police Department, who fired on him at least 12 times. The killing was highly controversial, because although Busch was armed at the time, the weapon he brandished was a claw hammer, and accounts of the incident varied widely.
context_section_description: In October 2003, Busch-Boskey's lawsuit against the NYPD reached Federal Court. However, the Busch family had another setback when on November 17, 2003, the jury supported the police officers' version of the shooting, and found the officers and the city not liable in Busch's death. However, on September 9, 2004, federal judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. a former police officer, found serious issues with the police officers' version of the events leading up to Busch's shooting, as well as the truthfulness of their testimony, overturning the jury verdict, and ordering a new trial. The Busch Family declined to pursue another trial for family health reasons, announcing their decision on August 27, 2006.  However, they continue to seek justice for Gidone.
caption: Sterling Johnson Jr.
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