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After New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit yesterday against the New York Police Department (NYPD) for excessive use of force and making false arrests...
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The New York City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus (BLAC) released the following statement after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and its leadership to end its pattern of using excessive...
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Dwayne Chandler, 53, has been arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment charging him...
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New York members of BLAC, (the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus) are calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of "SoHo Karen," who has now been identified as former...
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On Monday, December 28, around 3:45 p.m., 26-year-old Shana Shaw, a Black woman, was picking up food when she was unlawfully arrested in Buffalo Wild Wings' parking...
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Schenectady Police police officer Brian Pommer brutalized--and knelt on the neck--of Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud (above) in July, after the murder of George Floyd.
This...
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The following statement was made by lawyer Ben Crump who is fighting to have the woman being dubbed as "SoHo Karen" prosecuted after she accused, and assaulted, the teenage...
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The New York Attorney General’s Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit has opened an investigation into the death of Monica Goods, who died on December 22, 2020,...
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The FTP (Fuck The Police) Coalition says it believes last week's Department of Investigations report about NYPD brutality was a weak "cream puff report" that fundamentally...
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In October, the City of New York filed a notice of appeal of NY Supreme Court Justice Joan A. Madden’s September 24, 2020 decision to allow a public judicial inquiry into the...
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A recent city report has admitted that the NYPD engaged in police brutality--during police brutality protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Unfortunately, the so-...
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The Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union released the following statement responding to a report issued by the New York City Department of Investigation...
The New York City Department of Investigation has released a 100+ page report on the brutal conduct of the NYPD during the protests sparked by the police murder of George Floyd earlier this year...
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday that Manuel Villar, 50, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on...
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