NYPD Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has approved a new plan proposed by music executive Michael “Blue” Williams, to get guns off the streets of New York City. Williams hopes that his “Guns for Greatness” buyback program will put a dent in gun violence, and aims to reward weapon holders with tickets to some of the […]
The New York Police Department’s controversial “stop-and-frisk” policy is the centerpiece of a class-action lawsuit with lawyers alleging that cops have stopped thousands because of their race. The trial opened today at the Federal District Court in Manhattan, with all eyes on the outcome regarding the controversial tactic writes the Associated Press.
The cops who shot 16-year-old Brooklyn teen Kimani Gray have been accused of civil rights violations in federal lawsuits. The New York Daily News writes that Sergeant Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova racked up five such charges prior to their fatal confrontation with Gray on March 9.
A third candlelight vigil held last night (March 13) for slain Brooklyn teenager Kimani Gray began peacefully, but an angry group of protesters taunting police sparked a number of arrests. Tensions flared just blocks from where NYPD detectives gunned down the 16-year-old Gray, with demonstrators boldly confronting the cops who then pepper sprayed and arrested members […]
New details surrounding the killing of 16-year-old Kimani ‘Kiki’ Gray have emerged, just two days after a candlelight vigil for the slain youth in Brooklyn erupted into a riot. The New York Times reports that Gray was hit with seven bullets in a hail of gunfire, according to the findings of an autopsy investigation.
There was a riot going on in Brooklyn last night (Monday, March 11). Following a candlelight vigil for Kimani ‘Kiki’ Gray, a 16-year-old teen shot and killed by NYPD cops, mourners clashed with authorities, reportedly hurling rocks, and trashcans, at police and destroying cars and store fronts.
Rick Ross is allegedly under 24-hour guard by the NYPD. Rozay has been staying at a plush downtown hotel in NYC and to make sure no one who may wish him physical harm gets at him, cops have been posted outside.
On Tuesday (Feb. 26) morning, a dismembered human body was found in trash bags and a duffel bag by a man walking his dog in the Bronx. NYPD launched investigation, honing in on the female victim’s 23-year-old son as the lead suspect. The man, Bashid McLean, later admitted to police that he committed the gruesome crime.
A doctor who worked at the Rikers island prison facility was arrested by NYPD officers and DEA agents for his role in an oxycodone drug ring. Thursday (January 31) morning, Dr. Robert Gibbs was caught in a raid at his Harlem office.
In case anyone was wondering, the New York Police Department takes their job seriously. This is apparent after the NYPD cracked down on a Bronx third-grader accused of punching and stealing $5 from a fellow student by locking him to a pipe in a holding room. The department, already under criticism for other issues, seems […]
A West Harlem police officer is free without bail after pleading not guilty in New York Supreme Court to allegedly creating false paperwork in a drug arrest. Officer Isaias Alicea is accused of illegally arresting two men last February and later lying about witnessing drug deal between the pair.
A federal judge ruled that stop-and-frisk practices in the Bronx are unconstitutional Tuesday (Jan. 8). The New York Police Department introduced the policy allotting them the right to search people deemed suspicious, a move which has been met with opposition due to potential racial profiling. Known as “Operation Clean Halls” the Bronx program is centered […]
