Tag: NYPD
According to the New York Post, a divisive, sensationalist tabloid that stokes fear and often gets stories wrong, “gang members” threatened to “shoot it out with police” in New York City. The NYPD deployed “SWAT teams” at two precincts in Bed Stuy: Four Emergency Services Unit officers, outfitted with helmets and assault weapons, were stationed […]
Demonstrators ignored Mayor de Blasio’s request to halt protests until after the funerals for two slain police officers have concluded, and marched in Manhattan on Tuesday evening. “Hey-hey, ho-ho, these racist cops have got to go,” chanted protesters as they strutted along Fifth Avenue’s luxury shopping district and generated a new hashtag on social media: […]
Though the NYPD was quick to criticize protesters after a man shot and killed two NYPD officers on Saturday afternoon before killing himself, the details slowly emerging suggest that the killer “was neither a political activist nor a psychotic madman” reports the New York Times. FBI stats dating back to 1945 indicate that about 70 officers […]
After a senseless tragedy led to the death of two cops this weekend, Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked New Yorkers to “put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside everything we will talk about in due time while two families try to piece their lives back together.” It was a sudden shift in […]
Following the tragic shooting of two NYPD officers by a suicidal, mentally ill man, state lawmakers are calling for funding to install bulletproof glass in all police cruisers. Four assembly members announced on Sunday that they are drafting legislation to use part of a $5.1 billion budget surplus to outfit squad cars in departments across […]
On Saturday, two NYPD cops were killed in Bed Stuy by a man who then took his own life with the same gun. At 2:47PM, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, walked up to the passenger side of a patrol car parked near near Myrtle and Tompkins Avenues, pulled out a silver Taurus handgun, and opened fire on […]
After a Brooklyn man turned himself in on Thursday for allegedly assaulting two cops during a mischievous Saturday evening protest on the Brooklyn Bridge, police arrested another person they were looking for earlier today reports ABC News. A search warrant was executed, but no other details were given. Police say that Robert Murray, 43, was […]
It seems that NYPD officers have really let this sink in: It doesn’t matter what they do, if they’re doing it to a black person. Take this particular plainclothes officer for instance: When his colleagues seem to be struggling to arrest a suspect — presumably a child — he jumps to the rescue and gives the kid a few […]
Despite its “stated policy” to notify reporters about every traffic death, the NYPD only sends the data around 25 percent of the time WNYC reports. These findings come on the heels of the nation’s largest police force facing intense scrutiny for not aggressively investigating drivers involved in fatal crashes, for selectively enforcing traffic laws against […]
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters that a string of protests in New York City for Eric Garner and other victims of police abuse in December in getting very expensive. It also has lead to quite a windfall for cops. The Daily News reports: The city has spent a hefty $22.9 million in overtime for […]
