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He Was Arrested for Promoting Jury Nullification. A Federal Court Says That Was Illegal. Michael Picard's free speech rights were violated when he was booked for telling passersby to "Google Jury Nullification." 5 August 2022 A man was wrongfully arrested for standing outside a Bronx...

*burp* Off-duty NYPD cop busted for driving drunk 6 August 2022 An off-duty NYPD cop was busted Friday night for driving drunk in the Bronx, authorities said. Officer Joaquin Sepulveda, 42, was arrested shortly after 8 p.m. in the 50th Precinct, in the northwestern part of the borough, the...

Beneficiary Of First Amendment Protections Says Fourth Amendment Shouldn’t Be Respected By Cops, Courts 15 March 2022 The New York Post editorial team has apparently decided some rights are more important than others. The Post has the First Amendment right to publish its opinion on other...

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Ex-NYPD sergeant busted in Tekashi69 investigation gets probation for transporting heroin 13 January 2022 A former NYPD sergeant busted ferrying drugs for the Nine Trey Bloods gang during the investigation of rapper Tekashi69 was sentenced to no jail time Thursday by a Manhattan judge who...

A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases. 22 October 2021 After prosecutors flagged hundreds of cops caught fixing tickets for friends and family a decade ago, the officers’ work was supposed to get an extra level...

Behind the Violence at Rikers, Decades of Mismanagement and Dysfunction For years, New York City officials have presided over shortcuts and blunders that have led to chaos in one of America’s most expensive jail complexes. 31 December 2021 The leaders of the New York City Department of...

Retired cop says NYPD boss repeatedly raped her at Yankee Stadium: lawsuit 21 December 2021 A retired NYPD officer says she quit the force — and a coveted assignment at Yankee Stadium — because her boss repeatedly raped her at the ballpark, the ex-cop claims in a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit...

U.S. Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Police in New York Suburb The inquiry will focus on whether the Mount Vernon department engaged in a “pattern or practice of unlawful policing,” officials said. 3 December 2021 Federal prosecutors have opened a civil rights investigation into whether...

Judge Says NYPD Illegally Withheld Footage in Police Shootings 23 November 2021 A New York state judge ruled last week that the New York City Police Department illegally withheld body-worn footage in two police shootings, including the killing of Kawaski Trawick. The judge said at an October...

A Subway Rider Confronted Unmasked Police Officers. They Kicked Him Out. 20 October 2021 A New York City police officer grabs a male commuter by his jacket and pushes him through an emergency exit door at a subway station in Manhattan, video posted to social media shows. “You’re being...

NYPD Lawyer Who Oversaw Violent Arrests of Legal Observers Should Be Disciplined, Watchdog Says 15 October 2021 THE WATCHDOG AGENCY that oversees misconduct by the New York Police Department has recommended that disciplinary charges be brought against the NYPD lawyer who directed police to...