Former NYPD Joe Sweeney: Clinton 'toughest champion' for NYC

Poll: 64 Percent Of New Yorkers Think Police Favor Whites

Poll: 64 Percent Of New Yorkers Think Police Favor Whites: The New York Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk initiative may not be getting guns off the street or reducing crime, but it is certainly making an impact on public opinion. A new poll by the New York Times found that a significant majority of New Yorkers think police favor whites over blacks. The sentiment is especially [...]/p

NYPD to Launch Expansive Citywide Surveillance System, For a Profit | Common Dreams

NYPD to Launch Expansive Citywide Surveillance System, For a Profit | Common Dreams
"The NYPD launched a new citywide surveillance system on Wednesday that officials saywill "revolutionize law enforcement", and will be sold across the country for a profit."

It's Official: The NYPD Does Not Like Occupy Wall Street

It's Official: The NYPD Does Not Like Occupy Wall Street
"A new report by the Protest and Assembly Rights Project, which includes civil liberties experts from law clinics at NYU, Fordham, Harvard, and Stanford, has determined what anyone paying attention already knows: The NYPD went way overboard with seemingly random protesters, and media personnel (Even innocent bystanders in multiple instances) during Occupy Wall Street. But the group's findings, compiled inSuppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street, detail many incidents beyond the extreme few that got the most media play, counting 130 examples of extreme force in all, on top of "a complex mapping of protest suppression"."