Some New York City candidates vowed to reform the Police Department — or to ride the subway more often than Mayor Bill de Blasio. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “George Floyd Protests (2020)”
N.Y.P.D. Badly Mishandled George Floyd Protests, Watchdog Says
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
“I look back with remorse,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a city oversight agency found the department’s tactics “produced excessive enforcement.” Source: New York Times
The Year in Improvised Music: ‘Everything’s Changing. So the Music Should.’
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2020
The pandemic compressed live music onto screens, and Black Lives Matter protests brought it back to the streets. What will it all look like, and sound like, in 2021? Source: New York Times
Recreational Marijuana Legalized by New Jersey Voters
By Gotham Rex on November 3, 2020
Voters approved a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis in New Jersey, putting pressure on neighboring states like New York. Source: New York Times
Macy’s, Saks and Small Stores Brace for Potential N.Y.C. Unrest
By Gotham Rex on November 2, 2020
On the eve of Election Day, stores in the city’s Manhattan shopping districts boarded up, reflecting an anxiety among retailers across the nation. Source: New York Times
Officer Who Pressed a Knee Into Bystander’s Neck Leaves N.Y.P.D.
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2020
A police officer facing charges for his conduct during a social-distancing arrest has retired. The incident caused an uproar over racial disparities in such arrests. Source: New York Times
‘Vile, Racist Postings’ by N.Y. Court Officers Included Obama in a Noose
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
A new report found pervasive examples of racial bias — some explicit, some subtle — in New York State’s court system. Source: New York Times
U.S. Attorney Moves In on Brooklyn D.A.’s Territory, Citing Crime Surge
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
Federal prosecutors will take more lower-level gun cases, in an initiative that thrusts the borough into the national debate about law enforcement. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D.’s Top Latino Official Resigns After Clashing With Mayor
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2020
Chief Fausto Pichardo told colleagues that he felt insulted by Mayor Bill de Blasio during a turbulent time for the city, a police official said. Source: New York Times
Should N.J. Legalize Marijuana? The Voters Will Decide
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2020
A question on November’s ballot asks residents if they support changing the state Constitution to allow recreational use of the drug. Source: New York Times
The Whitney Canceled Their Exhibition. Now Those Artists Want Reform.
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2020
Last month, the museum acquired works from 80 artists, often through discounted sales. A new letter signed by more than half of the artists asks for substantive changes in the Whitney’s policies. Source: New York Times
How New York City’s Police Unions Embraced Trump
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2020
The unions’ leadership is mostly white, suburban and Republican, setting it apart from an increasingly diverse police force and the city itself. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude Case: Grand Jury Will Be Set Up in Rochester Death
By Gotham Rex on September 5, 2020
The decision by New York’s attorney general comes more than five months after Daniel Prude died of suffocation after officers in Rochester, N.Y., placed a hood over his head. Source: New York Times
A Violent August in N.Y.C.: Shootings Double, and Murder Is Up by 50%
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
The city recorded 242 shootings in August, up from 91 last year, continuing a summer spike in gun violence that has become an issue in the presidential race. Source: New York Times
Black Man, Daniel Prude, Dies of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him, Family Says
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder. Source: New York Times