A woman accused of shoplifting was sprayed with a chemical irritant and knocked to the ground in front of her daughter, the latest altercation between the police and Black residents. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings”
A Special Unit to Prosecute Police Killings Has No Convictions
By Gotham Rex on February 26, 2021
The case of Daniel Prude’s death is the latest example of the challenges prosecutors face when they try to hold police officers accountable. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude's Death Leads to No Charges for Police
By Gotham Rex on February 23, 2021
Mr. Prude, a Black man who was having an apparent psychotic episode, died after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head and pinned him to the ground, leading to widespread protests. Source: New York Times
Police Unions Lose Bid to Keep Disciplinary Records a Secret
By Gotham Rex on February 16, 2021
A federal court ruling moves New York City closer to releasing a vast trove of records regarding police misconduct, a major milestone in a decades-long fight. Source: New York Times
Grand Jury Votes Not to Indict Buffalo Police Officers Accused of Shoving Protester
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2021
The officers had been charged with assault after a widely shared video showed them pushing Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester who landed hard on the sidewalk. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Anti-Harassment Official Fired Over Racist Online Rants
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
An investigation found that Deputy Inspector James F. Kobel had called former President Barack Obama a “Muslim savage” and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s biracial son “a brillohead.” Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Officer Solicited Sexual Photos From 46 Minors, U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on January 28, 2021
Federal prosecutors said Officer Carmine Simpson posed as a 17-year-old online and coaxed dozens of teenagers to send him sexual videos and photos. Source: New York Times
N.Y. Attorney General Sues N.Y.P.D. Over Protest Policing
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2021
Letitia James says the police have used illegal and harmful tactics for years, and wants a federal monitor to oversee the department’s tactics at future demonstrations. Source: New York Times
Violence Surged in N.Y.C. in 2020 Amid Pandemic and Protests
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
A time without precedent saw huge increases in homicides and shootings in the city as some other types of crime plummeted. Source: New York Times
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
Cathedral Shooting in Manhattan: What We Know About the Gunman
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
Luis Vasquez grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood where he opened fire as an outdoor carol service ended. The police fatally shot him. Source: New York Times
Police Shooting in the Bronx: At Least 2 U.S. Marshals Shot
By Gotham Rex on December 4, 2020
The marshals’ conditions were not immediately known after the shooting in the Wakefield neighborhood, officials said. One suspect was also wounded. Source: New York Times
Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
City police officers who were assigned body cameras documented more stops than officers who did not wear the devices during a yearlong pilot program. Source: New York Times
A Pattern of Leniency Toward Officers Accused of Misconduct
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2020
A New York Times analysis found that the Police Department routinely reduced or ignored a review board’s recommendations for disciplining officers. Source: New York Times
A Watchdog Accused Officers of Serious Misconduct. Few Were Punished.
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2020
An analysis by The New York Times found that the N.Y.P.D. has reduced or rejected recommendations for stiff discipline of officers in about 71 percent of 6,900 serious misconduct charges. Source: New York Times