NYPD ‘cooler cop’ Erik Duran’s first words after posting $300K bond

April 20, 2026

Convicted NYPD “cooler cop” Erik Duran spoke out for the first time since being bailed out of an upstate prison Monday, just hours after posting $300,000 bail in the Bronx. The 13-year veteran cop was freed while he appeals his April 9 manslaughter conviction for tossing a cooler during a 2023 Bronx buy-and-bust operation that…

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