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New York police officer Erik Duran who is charged with hurling a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorized scooter, causing a crash that killed the driver, arrives to his manslaughter trial at the Bronx Criminal Court in New York, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

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By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

February 6, 2026

NYPD officer convicted of manslaughter in cooler throwing death

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer was convicted Friday of second-degree manslaughter after...

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