Tag: NYPD
As we reported yesterday, one of the motorcyclists involved in the chasing and beating of Alexian Lien–an incident that’s received widespread attention due to a viral video–was an undercover cop. Now, Wojciech Braszczok, an NYPD detective, has been arrested for riot and criminal mischief. According to the New York Times, “more counts could be added.” Braszczok told police of […]
It turns out that undercover detective who as at the scene of the West Side Highway motorcycle chase was involved in beating up SUV driver Alexian Lien, contrary to what was originally reported. NYPD sources say a video–not the one that went viral on YouTube–shows the detective banging on one of the the car’s windows until it […]
Last weekend, a group of motorcyclists out for a group ride were involved in an altercation with a driver on the West Side Highway that resulted in an SUV running over one of the bikers, and the subsequent beating and knifing of the SUV’s driver. Now, it turns out three of the bikers in that […]
Streetsblog points to “Cops in Bike Lanes,” a single serving Tumblr dedicated to documenting all the times that, yes, cops park in bike lanes in NYC. A lot of the photos are from Downtown Brooklyn–Hoyt and Schermerhorn Streets in particular make many appearances–but this is a problem that absolutely exists everywhere. Parking in the bike […]
Allen Edwards, the man who can be seen punching through the back window of an SUV at the end of a motorcycle chase video that went viral earlier this week, will not face charges. Edwards turned himself into police Tuesday, and was promptly arrested on “reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and menacing,” according to the New York […]
If you’re wondering how the group of bikers who beat and knifed Alexian Lien after he ran over a group of them were able to get as far as they did before the cops intervened, here’s a possible answer. According to a source at the NYPD contacted by the Post, the department has a laissez-faire policy about […]
A new lawsuit–filed by the family of a man who was killed by NYPD officers last year–hopes to improve the department’s capacity to dealing with the mentally ill. Mohamed Bah was shot and killed by officers after his mother called 911 to help him get to the hospital and treat his depression. She wasn’t expecting […]
As Azi Paybarah at Capital New York reports, Ray Kelly stopped by the Muslim Day Parade on Madison Avenue yesterday for a photo op with a few attendees. The most bizarre-sounding moment in what must have been an extraordinarily bizarre scene involved–you guessed it–NYPD surveillance of Muslims, and, um, hand drumming. One reporter approached Kelly […]
A new study by the Vera Institute of Justice confirms what may seem like an obvious truth: people who have been stopped and frisked and live in areas with a high police presence generally distrust the NYPD. According to the Daily News, the study found that “for every additional time someone was stopped, that person was 8% […]
Last month, the Bloomberg filed a request with federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin, asking her to delay the effects of her recent court decision against stop-and-frisk until the city filed its appeal. This week, Scheindlin denied that request. “Ordering a stay now would send precisely the wrong signal,” she wrote yesterday. “It would essentially confirm […]
