City Council, De Blasio Clash over Plan for 1,000 More Cops
The New York City Council’s controversial push to add 1,000 new officers to the New York Police Department hit…
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Terror in the Back of the Police Van: My ‘Rough Ride’ Experience
The “rough ride” is a common tactic used by US police. It is real, incredibly dangerous, and totally illegal. The New…
What the NYPD Slowdown Revealed
About a week and a half after the NYPD seemed to have ended its “slowdown” in ticketing and meting…
Who Do the Police Protect and Serve?
Policing in New York City has been marked by racism, classism and corruption throughout its history. Here are a…
The Origins of Modern Policing
In most of the liberal discussions of the recent police killings of unarmed black men, there is an underlying…
Protestors Urge Feds to Prosecute Cops for Killing Black Teenager (Video)
Protestors urged the Justice Department on Friday to prosecute the officers involved in the shooting of Ramarley Graham, the…
The opportunities for a sustained look inside the NYPD are few and far between. While it has always been…
Federal Judge Rules 2004 RNC Mass Arrests Unconstitutional
On the morning of the big march through midtown Manhattan on the opening day of the Republican National Convention…
‘Your Daughter Has Been Arrested’
A mother who is a friend of mine in Highbridge, Bronx was looking out her window when she noticed…
Will the Machine Rage Against Kelly?
Ever since the New York Civil Liberties Union revealed this spring that the city’s police department stopped and frisked…