In December 2001 Vincent Griffith then 12 years old was shot in his left leg by police as he hid in a wardrobe in what was said to have been an abandoned house in New Amsterdam. The police at the time had said they were after a wanted man.
The child eventually lost his leg and a promised investigation by the police yielded nothing.
Today that child is 24 and is currently serving a 40-year prison term in the US while the officer
