Tag Archives: police misconduct

Today: Hearings on Stop and Frisk, NYC

The New York City Council has announced two hearings on the NYPD’s use of stop, question and frisk.We encourage all those concerned about ending discriminatory and abusive policing by the NYPD to attend and make your voice heard! NYC Council Civil Rights Committee Hearing BROOKLYN: [Tuesday] October 23, 2012 from 6:00 PM Brooklyn College Student Center [...]

Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Active Against NYPD Misconduct

On Thursday, September 27th, CAAAV joined hundreds of others outside of City Hall in the Rally for NYPD Accountability and Community Safety! CAAAV is a part of the Communities united for Police Reform (CPR) campaign, which is composed of over 50 member and supporter organizations working to end discriminatory policing practices in New York City. [...]

Bronx Copwatch Training Forthcoming

Help end stop and frisk and police violence! Learn to exercise your right to monitor and document police misconduct and abuse! Justice Committee Cop Watch Training Thurs. Sept. 6, 6:30-8:30pm The Bronx Defenders Office, 860 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx (B, D or 4 to 161 St.-Yankee Stadium, 2 to 3rd Ave-149 St. or Bx6 bus) To [...]

Write A Letter for Support of Jazz Hayden + Sample

As you may already know, I have a pending case in Manhattan Criminal Court resulting from a bogus stop & frisk by the NYPD from December, 2011.  I can unequivocally state that this stop and arrest was in retaliation for my work as a Citizen Reporter aggressively covering police/community relationships in the Harlem community.  (To [...]

Is New York the Next “Papers Please” State?

police immigration

As reported in Monday’s New York Times, here in the great state of New York, armed Border Patrol agents routinely board Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses to question passengers about their citizenship and detain those who are not carrying proper proof of their lawful status. Nina Bernstein reported that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers board [...]

Stop, Question and Frisk in New York Neighborhoods

New York City’s police force has increasingly used a strategy known as “stop, question and frisk,” which allows officers to stop someone based on a reasonable suspicion of crime. One expert has estimated New Yorkers are stopped at twice the national rate. The impact on crime is much debated, and critics contend disproportionate stopping of [...]