NYC Police Commissioner Says Marijuana Trade Is Too Violent to Be Legalized
William Bratton cites a problem created by prohibition as a reason to keep it.
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NYPD Hassles Small Businesses to Help Facilitate Warrantless Searches
The practice has been called "entrapment" and "a form of legal harassment and coercion."
No Prison Time For NYPD Officer Who Killed Unarmed Man, Then Texted Union Rep Instead of Helping
Peter Liang gets probation and community service for killing Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn stairwell.
NYPD Cop Who Supervised Arrest of Postal Worker in Road Rage Incident Placed on 'Modified Duty'
Why would someone lose their job for acting unprofessionally and embarrassing their employer when they work for the government?
NYPD Officer Shoots Dog Three Seconds After He Slipped Through a Cracked Door
Dog's owner was reportedly screaming, "He's friendly!" as the officer drew his gun.
The Mystery of New York City's "Cop Cabs"
Neither the taxi commission nor the NYPD wants you to know much about them.
NYPD Officers Hate Their Jobs, According to Police Union Poll
New York's Finest believe NYC is increasingly unsafe, despite evidence to the contrary.
NYPD No Longer Making Arrests For Drinking in Public, But Still Using Stop-and-Frisk
Criminal justice reform policies only work if police officers are aware of them.
Courthouse Won't Give In to Retired Cops Who Say Kid's 'Black Lives Matter' Art Is Hate Speech
"This is the cultural response of a middle school student, here in Central Islip, to present-day America," says chief judge.
NYPD Throws People Out of Their Homes Without Ever Proving Criminal Activity
The city's version of 'nuisance abatement' laws are designed to be abused.
Is NYPD's Police Union Ignoring Trial of Officer Who Killed Unarmed Akai Gurley?
Peter Liang dumped PBA-appointed lawyers, now the union is quiet during trial.
"Snowboarding with the NYPD" Video Proves Cops Have Discretion, Can Be Cool
Casey Neistat's viral clip features two "awesome" officers who let the fun happen.
Surveillance, Snitching, and Social Services
What were the actual effects of the NYPD's Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program?
Did the NYPD "Execute" a Mentally Ill Man in His Home?
New evidence contradicts officers' claims that they shot Mohamed Bah because he stabbed one of them.
Anarchists! Militias! The War on Cops! Halloween! It's All Connected, Sheeple!
The dubious tale of the "Halloween Revolt"
NYPD Continues to Confuse Itself with the CIA
Refuses to divulge information about X-ray van surveillance
Lawsuit Against NYPD for Muslim Surveillance Restored
Decision that stripped targets of standing to sue reversed
NYPD To Document Nearly All Instances of Force
Commissioner Bratton says new database could become "national template" for police transparency.
NYPD Releases Video of Wrongful James Blake Arrest
Undercover cop has history of complaints
NYPD Undercover Cop Wrongfully Arrests Former Tennis Pro James Blake During Identity Theft Sting
Police commissioner will apologize, insists cops had "probable cause" and race didn't play a factor.
New NYPD Training Urges Officers to Avoid Racial Profiling and Comments Like 'He's Irish, but I've Never Seen Him Drunk'
Training materials also suggest that imitating the speech patterns of other races or ethnicities may "appear disingenuous and possibly racist."
NYPD's New Gunshot Detectors Record More Than Just Gunshots
ShotSpotter has successfully reduced police response time to crimes, but has little oversight in New York City.
Rapper Akilah Brock Claims Baseless NYPD Drug Stop Led to Eight-Day Psych Ward Confinement
Doctors didn't believe Brock was followed by Obama on Twitter or had a banking job. Both are true.
Jury Awards $25 Million to Man Shot and Paralyzed by NYC Cop Who Was Later Named 'Sergeant of the Year'
Officer Sean O'Brien shot Eugene Sims once in the back, paralyzing him. Sims wasn't convicted of anything related to the incident.
NYPD Found Altering Wikipedia Entries about Controversial Police Behavior, Incidents
Somebody tried to have a police shooting incident deleted entirely.
Pussy Riot Dedicate New Song, 'I Can't Breathe,' to Eric Garner and All 'Who Suffer From State Terror'
"We've known, on our own skin, what police brutality feels like, and we can't be silent on this issue."
NYPD Cop Indicted for Manslaughter in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley
Peter Liang reportedly texted his union rep instead of calling for medical assistance after shooting and killing Akai Gurley while patrolling a stairwell.
NYPD, Now With More Machine Guns
The cops will also step up video surveillance of the city that never sleeps without somebody watching.
Brooklyn Teen Arrested for Threatening Use of Emoji
NYPD: "You make a threat on the internet, we're going to be watching."
Use of Chokeholds "Alarming," Says NYPD Inspector General's Report
Disciplining offending officers is "complex" and "inconsistent."
NYPD Brass to Rank and File: Start Writing More Summonses Or Else
The politics of the police slowdown are now completely scrambled.
Friday A/V Club: Watch New York Cops Riot Against the Mayor—in 1992
An earlier—and rowdier—revolt at the NYPD
