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New York, NY –This week, Communities United for Police Reform, the Justice Committee, and the family of Eric Garner responded to the news that Deputy Commissioner Joseph...
(NEW YORK, NY) – Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York County Defender Services, and Queens Defenders released the following statement...
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Former NYPD Sgt. Ed Mullins is an example of the typical type of police "leaders" that must be removed from police departments to change the corrupt criminal culture...
NEW YORK – Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued Cop Out: Analyzing 20 Years of Records Proving NYPD Impunity, the most comprehensive analysis yet released of over 20 years of the NYPD’...
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Lawyer Lauren P. Raysor is asking the Westchester District Attorney (above) to look into whether political favoritism was at play in the handling of...
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HEMPSTEAD, NY — Frederick K. Brewington, Esq., a civil rights attorney and Principal of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, says that justice has been...
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(New York, NY)--Today, the family of Kawaski Trawick (shown above with his mom) is calling on the CCRB and the NYPD to schedule...
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Washington, D.C. (November 22, 2021)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on...
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NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Brian Astarita, 65, who died on November 11...
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NEW YORK CITY - Tuesday, in a lawsuit brought by the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) against the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the Supreme Court of the State of...
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New York, NY--Thursday, after Judge Erika M. Edwards denied petitioners’ motion to reconsider witnesses last week, lawyers for the petitioners in the historic judicial...
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Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been charged with a misdemeanor count of forcible touching, a spokesperson for the New York State courts confirmed to The...
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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the indictment of State Trooper Christopher Baldner, on charges of Murder in the Second Degree,...
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Tuesday, Color Of Change and the Vera Institute of Justice spoke out against the ongoing crisis of violence and death taking place inside Rikers Island---where 14 people...
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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released security camera footage that the office obtained as part of its ongoing investigation into the death of...
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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