Police Department (NYC)
Trial Begins for Former N.Y.P.D. Officer on Jan. 6 Charges
Among the many violent scuffles that erupted during the riot at the Capitol, this one stood out. On one side of the barricade was a lightly armored Washington, D.C., police officer, standing with his colleagues to defend the building against a mob of Trump supporters. Confronting him from the other side, brandishing a flagpole, was […]
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Supreme Court Rules Against Police in Malicious Prosecution Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Brooklyn man who said he had been falsely accused by police officers of resisting arrest, saying he could sue for malicious prosecution under a federal civil rights law. The vote was 6 to 3, with the majority deciding only the narrow question of […]
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As Adams Toughens on Crime, Some Fear a Return to ’90s Era Policing
“I feel like I’m in a time warp,” said Assemblywoman Latrice M. Walker, whose Brooklyn district includes neighborhoods that are slated for greater quality-of-life-issue enforcement. “I know that the calendar says 2022. But a return to ‘broken-windows’ policing makes me feel like it’s 1994 and Rudy Giuliani is the mayor, stop-and-frisk is out of control, […]
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