NYPD

NYPD Commissioner Bratton Resigns, Takes Job With Pro-Clinton, Pro-Israel Firm

As he moves into his new position at Teneo Holdings, Bratton will go from enforcing ‘broken windows’ to rubbing elbows with those gathered at the nexus between law enforcement, the national security state, the military-industrial complex, and U.S.-U.K.-NATO foreign policy. Former NYPD Commissioner William Bratton Speaks at The First National Personal Security Conference in Israel, […]

NYPD officer dodges jail for stomping on man’s head, adds to ‘not uncommon’ cop crime stats

RT | June 24, 2016 A New York Police Department officer has avoided hard time at notorious Rikers Island prison for stomping on a head of a handcuffed man despite cries for help. Aside from two years’ probation, the cop is required to resign within 24 hours. “This police officer intentionally and needlessly stomped on […]

NYPD Unlawfully Arrests Man for Vaping on Subway Platform, Again

The NYPD unlawfully arrests Shawn Randall Thomas at least a few times a year for recording and refusing to provide identification, including for using a vaporizer last year.
He’s never been convicted for a any of those crimes.
The New York man was arrested last week in the subway yet again, after a transit cop approached him, demanding his identification under the controversial “Stop and Frisk” law, but without articulating any reasonable suspicion that Thomas had committed an actual crime.

New York Copwatcher Sues NYPD for a Million Dollars for Arrests and Deletion of Footage

A New York City Copwatch activist is suing the NYPD for $1 Million in two separate lawsuits stemming from two arrests for recording them in public where they ended up deleting his footage.
Jose LaSalle, 46, filed the second lawsuit Friday for his arrest in September 2015. The first lawsuit was filed in 2014 for an arrest in September 2013. He is asking for $500,000 from each lawsuit.

NYPD Cop Sentenced to Prison for Shooting Random People While Drunk

A New York City police officer who downed several beers and whiskeys before getting into his car, driving down the street and stopping at a traffic light before stepping out and shooting two random strangers in another car was sentenced to nine years in prison this month.
Brendan Cronin told police he was “on the job” when he was arrested a half-mile away that fateful evening on April 28, 2014.