A Black sergeant from New York is awaiting the announcement of a possible $198,000 settlement with the city after he was beaten by Yonkers police…
James Blake is opening up about the NYPD officer who tackled him as he stood outside of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, casually and unsuspectingly awaiting…
A New York Police Department sergeant who allegedly shoved a handcuffed 14-year-old boy through the plate-glass window of a Bronx hookah bar last year was…
It is powerful to see the mothers of these slain sons standing together.
NYC #ShutItDown for Eric Garner! This Friday we show our resistance This Friday we show our power #NOJUSTICENOPEACE pic.twitter.com/Pn2kZacv1X — Millions March NYC (@MillionsMarch) July 11, 2015 One year after Eric Garner was brought to his knees by a New York Police Department officer and placed in a violent and deadly chokehold for allegedly selling loose cigarettes, marchers […]
A man from Staten Island is taking the NYPD to court after he was allegedly tossed around in a police van, an experience he compared to…
Perhaps it’s not the justice hoped many for, but it’s at least a resolution: The New York Times is reporting that the City of New York has agreed to pay the family of Eric Garner $5.9 million to settle a claim over his killing in New York City’s Staten Island borough one year ago on […]
In the aftermath of several high-profile police-involved shootings, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he was preparing to issue an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police-related civilian deaths, according to The New York Times. The governor said his hope is that independent investigations will help […]
An $18 million plan unveiled this week will allow thousands of New Yorkers accused of low-level and non-violent offenses to skip bail in replacement for…
An early look at tomorrow's front page… NYPD commish's black eye: http://t.co/d7y7wPQnYd pic.twitter.com/cgE6O7CePY — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 10, 2015 Ever wonder why there aren’t more Black police officers? Hiring more officers of color is difficult because so many potential recruits have criminal records, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton tells The Guardian. “We have a […]
An early look at tomorrow’s front page… NYPD commish’s black eye: http://t.co/d7y7wPQnYdpic.twitter.com/cgE6O7CePY — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 10, 2015 Ever wonder why there…
Four NYPD parole officers have filed a civil lawsuit against the Ramapo Police Department after claiming they were racially profiled during a recent traffic stop, CNN reports. The…