This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.21)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of May 21, 2013.
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'Remedy' Witness Takes Stand in Street Stop Case
In 2003, the NYPD agreed to institute a series of written reforms aimed to audit street stops in the case of Daniels v. The City of New York.
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Manslaughter Charges Tossed in NYPD Shooting of Unarmed Teen Ramarley Graham
The manslaughter indictment against NYPD officer Richard Haste, who has been accused of shooting unarmed teen Ramarley Graham...
NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High
Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, New York City has for more than a decade been the world's leader in marijuana possession arrests, but now those...
More Racial Profiling Claims in NYC, Marijuana Charges Abound
NYC police are racial profiling blacks and Latinos to "manufacture" marijuana offenses against them, five Bronx residents claim in Federal Court...
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.10)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of April 10, 2013.
Stop-and-Frisk Street Stops Used for Fear, N.Y. Senator Says
A New York senator kicked off the third week of a trial by saying that the city adopted stop-and-frisk policies to "instill fear" in minority communities.
NYPD Brass on Hot Seat in Stop-and-Frisk Trial
In a trial challenging stop-and-frisk, an NYPD inspector parsed words over whether he set "quotas" or "performance goals" for the number of people he...
Second NYPD Whistleblower Tells Why He Taped Brass
Serrano, a short, bald, round 8-year veteran of the NYPD, was the second officer to acknowledge at trial that he secretly taped his supervisors.
As NYC Pot Busts Continue, New York Punts on Marijuana Reform
People, almost all of them young people of color, are being arrested at the rate of a thousand a week in NYC for marijuana possession "in public view"...
Secret Roll Call Recordings Played in NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Trial
An NYPD officer testified that his bosses retaliated for his whistle-blowing on quotas by prosecuting for false statements on forms he was forced to sign.
Report: New York City Cops Spent One Million Hours In Staff Time Making Marijuana Possession Arrests
New York City police spent an estimated one million hours in staff time making low level marijuana possession arrests in the past decade.
Numbers Game Kicks Off Stop-and-Frisk Trial Against NYPD
Curbing racial disparities in the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk program requires a federal judge to act "boldly and broadly."
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New York City: 39,218 Low-level Marijuana Arrests in 2012
New York City: The NYPD made 39,218 low-level marijuana possession arrests in 2012 (and over 440,000 in past decade), each consuming an estimated...
Bronx Stop-and-Frisk Case Wins Class Status
Jaenean Ligon leads the class in this case, made up of Latino and black New Yorkers who oppose police stops on suspicion of trespass in the Bronx.
Look Out, New York, It's Randy Credico For Mayor!
Veteran New York civil rights, social justice, Occupy Wall Street, professional comedian and drug reform activist Randy Credico, is campaigning to be mayor.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.01.21)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of January 21, 2013...
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Calls for Marijuana Law Reform
In his State of the State address Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called on the legislature to reform the state's marijuana laws.