We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square.

The knife-wielding suspect wounded by police in the contentious “friendly fire” NYPD subway shooting told cops, “You’re going to make me kill you,” prosecutors revealed in court Friday. An arraignment for Derrell Mickles,

A witness says the alleged fare-evader walked away from police, who shot and critically injured him, along with two bystanders.

Protesters jumped the subway turnstiles in Union Square to bring attention to what they say was a reckless reaction by the NYPD for shooting a man over doing the same thing.

Police officials shared more details about the Brownsville, Brooklyn subway station shooting during a Wednesday evening news conference. They said the violence, captured on body-worn cameras and 15 surveillance cameras at the station and on the trains, began when a man accused of fare evasion later charged at police with a knife.

Police say that a man suspected of not paying the subway fare did not follow instructions and threatened officers with a knife.

Two officers pursued a fare evasion suspect, then opened fire as he approached them, police said. The suspect, one officer and two bystanders were shot.

Protesters demanded transparency and accountability from the NYPD after a police-involved shooting in Brooklyn on Sunday that saw a fare evasion suspect, a officer and two innocent bystanders all struck by police gunfire.