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Bloomberg accuses newspaper and activists of racism for opposing stop and frisk
Speaking to gathered reporters on Tuesday morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) castigated the media and civil rights groups for not showing the same outrage over the recent killing of a black 17-year-old boy as they do over the vast racial inequality in the city’s arrest statistics. Bloomberg’s…
‘Stop and Frisk Watch’ app catches New York cop giving the middle finger
A New York City Police Department officer was caught on video expressing his opinion about a new mobile phone app that lets people document abuse of the city’s “stop and frisk” policy. In video uploaded by the New York Civil Liberties Union on Thursday, an unnamed officer is seen flashing…
Suit: NYPD conducting illegal stops in private buildings
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Wednesday, alleging that in addition to stopping primarily black and Latino residents in public spaces as part of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program, officers are illegally searching people in private buildings. According to…
ACLU defends New York students suspended for protesting budget cuts
The New York American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has criticized the Central Islip School District’s decision to suspend students who participated in a peaceful protest against proposed budget cuts. In a letter to Superintendent Craig Carr on Tuesday, the NYCLU said the suspensions sent the message that free speech is…
NYPD can keep surveillance documents on protesters secret, court rules
A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to a civil-liberties lawsuit against the New York Police Department, saying the police force is within its rights to keep secret some 1,800 pages of documents about its surveillance of protesters ahead of the Republican National Convention in 2004. More than 1,800…
NYPD ordered to release race info on shooting victims
The New York Police Department will have to release info on the race of people that officers have shot, following a state Supreme Court ruling that sided with civil-rights activists working to find out definitively if there is a racial element to police violence against civilians in the US’s largest…
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