Tag: NYPD
The city is attempting to make good on Mayor de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate traffic deaths. According to data newly released by the NYPD, tickets for unsafe driving are up in 70 out of the city’s 75 precincts compared to last year. Some of the highest numbers come from the 109th precinct in Queens, where more […]
Upper West Side resident Kang Chun Wong was arrested on January 21st, when he allegedly crossed W. 96th Street at Broadway against the light. As he only speaks Cantonese and Spanish, he didn’t understand why Officer Jeffrey Loo took his ID and began to walk away. He protested. The Daily News explains: Loo, joined by several more unidentified cops, pushed Wong up against […]
New evidence points to the possibility that the NYPD lied about a deadly vehicular incident last year when 24-year-old Japanese student Ryo Oyamada was ran over by Officer Darren Ilardi while crossing 40th Avenue in Queens. The police reported that the cruiser’s emergency lights had been on at the time of the crash and that the officer was […]
The Museum of the City of New York’s current exhibit “City As Canvas” features photography of graffiti from the 70′s and 80′s and the work of artists such AS Keith Haring and Lee Quiñones. The show has been up since February, but Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is still angry about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. “I […]
An order issued by NYPD administrators earlier this month instructed cops to stop using personal cell phones when on duty. The order told officers “that any video or audio created by any device, including a personal device becomes a record for legal purposes and is therefore subject to applicable evidentiary laws.” The notice was sent out one day […]
The number of arrests for NYC subway fare evasion has increased 69% between 2008 and 2013, and is still growing, according to the Daily News. An arm of the NYPD’s questionable “broken windows” strategy for preventing higher level crimes by targeting minor offenses, fare beating has become one of the leading causes of arrest that leads to […]
A high-up NYPD officer told the Post that he believes more people should be prosecuted for resisting arrest. An average of 13,500 “busts” are made a year, but only a few of them are prosecuted: “There is no legal consequence, and a lot of guys know it,” a high-ranking police official said. “If you resist arrest and get away, you’re […]
Last night, thousands of protestors gathered in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, after a week of militaristic police oppression and arrests in the small Missouri town, following the slaying of Michael Brown by a cop. The crowd marched about 30 blocks north, from Union Square to Times Square. Police used barricades secluding the protestors and formed a line to prevent […]
On Wednesday afternoon, I took a leisurely bike ride in Midtown to check out whether the NYPD’s “Operation Safe Cycle” was being enforced. Tourists, motorists and anyone with a pulse is on notice for the next two weeks — the city will ticket you if obstruct bicycle lanes, creating a hazard for riders. With a GoPro camera mounted atop […]
The city is attempting a “fundamental shift” on dealing with gun violence, as shootings are up 12% this year. On Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a plan to expand the “Violence Interrupters” program as part of a “Gun Violence Crisis Management System,” DNAinfo reports. The $12.7 million in funds will go towards strategies for […]
