Communities United for Police Reform, a coalition of activist groups and community organizers from across the state, held a press conference Tuesday at the state Capitol in an effort to raise awareness for a bill that would require police departments to collect data on the people they stop, frisk, detain […]
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Assemblymen welcome NYPD commissioner’s resignation
Chair of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Caucus says Bratton’s leaving is “best thing that could have happened” for de Blasio and the city of New York Two members of the state Assembly say the resignation of New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is a “welcome departure” […]
We are reminded once again … power corrupts
All hell is breaking loose at the New York City Police Department. Top cops, and I do mean top cops, have been accused of taking bribes. Many of these top uniformed officers have been arrested and await trial. The Big Apple’s police department not alone. Police power is often […]