NYPD Commish Blames Cannabis for City's Homicide Rate
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton recently took to the podium and directly blamed marijuana for a jump in the city's homicide rate.
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New York Police Chief Says Spike in Homicides Was Caused by Marijuana
In New York City, there were nine more homicides in January and February than there were in the same time period last year. Police Chief Bill Bratton blames the 17 percent increase on pot. According to Bratton, marijuana — which he calls a “seemingly innocent drug” — is one of the root causes of the shootings.
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Pot Arrests Plunge in NYC After Policy Change
New York City's pledge to stop making many marijuana arrests is playing out on the streets, where arrests and summonses for small-time pot possession have plummeted since the policy change this fall. Such arrests plunged by 75 percent in December compared to last year, from about 1,820 to 460.
NYPD Begins Enforcing Less Severe Cannabis Policy
Last week New York City police shifted their policy of cannabis enforcement to one that is less harsh for those found in possession of cannabis.
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Marijuana May Mean Ticket, Not Arrest, in New York City
The New York Police Department, which has been arresting tens of thousands of people a year for low-level marijuana possession, is poised to stop making such arrests and to issue tickets instead, according to law enforcement officials. People found with small amounts of marijuana would be issued court summonses...
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Another Brutal NYPD Arrest Caught on Tape, This Time for Petty Marijuana Possession
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is the star of yet another cellphone video of an arrest that may have involved excessive force. You can watch the chaotic scene, with officers meeting resistance not just from their target but residents in the area too.
Hundreds of Low-Level Marijuana Offenses Could Be Thrown Out in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn District Attorney, Kenneth Thompson, has assembled a team that is reviewing hundreds of low-level marijuana offenses that the department could decline to prosecute, DNAinfo reports.
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NYPD Says It Will Continue to Make Pot Arrests Regardless of DA Memo
NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said he will not support the decriminalizing of pot even though pot was decriminalized back in 1977.
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Thousands of Rapists Are Not Behind Bars Because Cops Focus on Marijuana Users
A growing backlog of untested rape test kits are sitting in police storage units while rapists run free and victims suffer, meanwhile an enormous amount of police and tax resources spent targeting drug crimes, particularly marijuana possession.
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NYPD Arrests 80 People a Day for Low Level Weed Possession
According to a new report from the Marijuana Arrest Research Project, in the first four months of 2014, the NYPD made 80 low level weed possession arrests a day and the statistics have stayed the same as in 2013.
Alberto Willmore: Arrested by NYPD for Smoking
A story broke earlier this month about a New York City school teacher named Alberto Willmore arrested for smoking weed. The only problem? Willmore was...
Marijuana Possession Arrests Outpace Violent Crime Arrests
Marijuana possession arrests currently outpace violent-crime arrests. In 2011 there were just over 660,000 marijuana arrests vs. about 530,000 violent crime
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Cory Booker Opens Stop-And-Frisk Data To The Public
Newark Mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker has just begun testing a solution to the racial problems plaguing law enforcement’s use of stop-and-frisk...
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.13)
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NYPD Hammered for Targeting Minorities With Stop and Frisk
In the remedies opinion, Scheindlin noted that she wanted "to be very clear: I am not ordering an end to the practice of stop and frisk."
NY Post, NYPD Confirm: Weed Lollipops Won’t Get You High
ANIMAL went rolling with the weed van–and confirmed that its lollipops are THC-free–nearly a year ago.
Feds Expected to Back Monitor of New York Police
With a federal judge to order sweeping reforms to the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk program, the Justice Department plans to intervene.
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.05)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of June 5, 2013.