Chicago’s bloody summer of homicides has risen to over 38 percent killed this year, and New York City isn’t too far behind. In a five-day stretch beginning on July 4th and ending Sunday the 8th, sixteen New Yorkers were slain. STORY: CHICAGOLAND: 4 Killed & 19 Wounded Over 4th Of July According to the NY […]
Robert Leone, of Vestal, New York, has become the latest victim of police brutality. A shocking video of his brutal beating at the hands of Pennsylvania State Troopers has emerged across the internet. STORY: Out Of Control! NYPD Officers Beat Down Bronx Teen The video, which was shot from a Pennsylvania State Trooper’s dashcam two […]
If anyone knows about the history of police brutality in America, they know the name Rodney King. According to TMZ, Rodney was pronounced dead today at 6:11 AM in Rialito, California. The local ambulance responded to a phone call by his fiancée at 5:25 AM PT. Upon their arrival medics physically removed Rodney from a swimming pool […]
Here’s something Siri can’t do, but the New York Civil Liberty Union can. STORY: Do Your Part! Stop Unlawful, Racially-Biased Marijuana Arrests “Stop & Frisk Watch” is a new innovative phone app created by the NYCLU in an effort to end the NYPD’s controversial “Stop & Frisk” policy, while holding the NYPD accountable for its […]
On the heels of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to decriminalize weed and reduce the amount of people who are locked-up for small amounts of marijuana, Colorofchange.org and drugpolicy.org have launched a massive campaign in the final weeks of the legislative session to win reform on the measure. STORY: Cuomo To The Rescue! NY […]
Taking a step in the right direction, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will ask legislators to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view. STORY: Is He Serious? Bloomberg Stands Behind Stop & Frisk Policy According to the New York Times, on Monday Cuomo will ask for a change in a […]
NYPD Sergeant Lesly Charles was caught on tape berating a group of young men in Brooklyn. Charles’s rant went on for 20 minutes and was recorded by one of the recipients. STORY: That’s That Bullsh*t! NYPD Stop & Frisk Blacks More Than Whites Charles was accompanied by two plain-clothes officers, who stood by and watched […]
New York City Mayor Bloomberg is defending his police department use of the police of Stop and Frisk, even after a District Court judge ruled in favor of a class action lawsuit. STORY: No More! NYPD’s Stop & Frisk Could End With Lawsuit During his radio show, Bloomberg defended “stop and frisk” with only a […]
NYPD’s controversial Stop & Frisk policy will likely come to an end as a U.S. district judge granted class action status to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the NYPD of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime. STORY: FREEZE! The Top 10 Spots Where Cops Stop & Frisk Judge Shira […]
A new report released by the New York Civil Liberties Union has revealed the NYPD disproportionately stopped and frisked black and Latinos at a much higher rate than whites. STORY: FREEZE! The Top 10 Spots Where Cops Stop & Frisk The NYCLU found: “In 70 out of 76 precincts, blacks and Latinos accounted for more […]
Unfortunately, history will always repeat itself and the police will always beat up people. So it’s no surprise that twenty years after the Rodney King beatings, which led to the 1992 L.A. Riots, we are once again talking about excessive force when it comes to coward police officers who hide behind their badges in the […]
The NYPD’s “Stop & Frisk” policy reached an all-time high in 2011, when city police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people. STORY: On The Rise! NYPD Has Record Year In “Stop & Frisk” Now the New York Civil Liberties Union have tallied up the figures and determined which precincts and what sections of NYC are […]
