Tag: NYPD
At a City Council hearing on September 8th, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton presented three charts suggesting a dramatic decrease in use of force by NYPD officers over the last twenty years. According to the charts, only 2% of arrests last year required force. However, a City Council analyst raised some questions about the reporting, specifically what defines “force” in […]
Earlier this week, the NYPD conducted what CBS characterized as an “impromptu meeting” with Times Square mascots in an effort to improve relations after a string of well publicized arrests. But according to the doomsdayers at the New York Post, it didn’t go as well as planned. Only nine characters showed up — CBS reported […]
Take one part NYPD, mix it with one part L train, and this is the outcome: @NYPDLTrain. It’s the latest Twitter account the NYPD has created ever since the nation’s largest police force learned about social media. Cute. […]
The NYPD’s “Operation Lucky Bag” decoy operation, which has been in use for a decade, is finally facing some restrictions. The operation consists of police officers leaving bags or other items vulnerable to theft in open, public spaces, and waiting to arrest those who pick them up. The tactic has lead to arrests of those […]
The man who says he captured video of the melee with the NYPD in Brooklyn on Sunday told ANIMAL that police provoked the confrontation and he recorded the exchange in case cops tried using a chokehold, invoking the death of Eric Garner. “I saw the cops starting shit and I said ‘Let me film this […]
One of the men arrested in this weekend’s melee with NYPD officers told ANIMAL he is scared to walk the streets now and that he was an innocent bystander caught in the chaos. Edwin Rosario, 46, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn (where the clash with cops took place on Sunday) said that he left his house to go […]
Yesterday, the NYPD tweeted a photo of a woman wearing a fuzzy red Elmo suit in handcuffs with her back turned. The 37-year-old woman was arrested when police saw her asking a passerby for cash. They said she will be charged with aggressive solicitation. This weekend, two men dressed as Spider-Man and Batman were arrested, along with […]
The NYPD is investigating another confrontation between its officers and residents after a melee — caught on video — broke out on Sunday in Brooklyn, cops told ANIMAL. UPDATE (2:20PM): ANIMAL contacted DCPI and they confirmed that an officer involved in the incident was suspended. (Read our interview with a person who was arrested and […]
In January, the NYPD took over responsibility for animal cruelty cases from the ASPCA, allowing the latter to focus more on direct care and less on enforcement. This reorgonzation has led to a “record breaking” number of rescues and prosecutions against sadistic assholes. Additionally, the new police unit has been investigating the link between animal […]
A single facility in Kips Bay run by New York’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has reported 1,600 children disappearances over the course of 13 months reports DNAinfo. They may have been trying to escape what has been described as a “cramped and chaotic environment plagued by bullying and theft” at the 55-bed Nicholas Scoppetta Children’s Center. Many of […]
