If you’re wondering why there’s a lack of Black officers on the NYPD Chief Bill Bratton has an answer. Bratton says it’s hard to hire Black applicants because “so many” of them have criminal records.
An elderly couple living in New York‘s Upper West Side neighborhood allegedly sold large amounts of the prescription drug oxycodone to a number of drug rings in the city. Dr. Rogelio Lucas and his wife, Lydia, were charged with dozens of drug-related offenses.
The recent prison break at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. caused quite a stir after news emerged of the escape this past weekend. Brooklyn rapper Maino, just the guy you want to talk to when prison breaks happen, was a guest on CNN to discuss his time in the prison and other necessary […]
In Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a police officer was suspended without pay for attacking a pepper spraying an unarmed man who didn’t commit a crime. Officer Nathan Baker was moved to attack the man after he flipped the cop the bird in a bid to test his First Amendment rights.
Say goodbye to the Made in America Festival’s multi-coast platform (for now). After just one year, the Los Angeles installment has been cancelled, but Philly is still locked in.
Plot twist. The guy accused of beating down a gay couple at Dallas BBQ in New York City is said to be gay, but that’s only a small section of the bigger picture.
The NYPD arrested a man for urinating on a subway platform after he entered a restricted area on Thursday (May 7). While patting down the suspect, the arresting officer discovered an illegal handgun and hollow point bullets as well.
Staten Island prosecutor Daniel Donovan and his office oversaw the 2014 chokehold death case of Eric Garner, although it failed to bring an indictment against NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. Donovan’s career is on an upswing in the months since, that after he was elected to fill a vacated seat in the U.S. Congress.
Thousands gathered in New York‘s Union Square Wednesday (April 29) in a show of solidarity with the recent protests in Baltimore over the police custody death of Freddie Gray. NYPD officials say that over 100 persons were arrested during the demonstration for disorderly conduct after they blocked roadways and sidewalks.
The recent police-related shooting deaths of Walter Scott and Eric Harris has bolstered an already simmering movement decrying police brutality across the nation. In New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland, reports have come in from various news outlets of arrests regarding the protests.
For many high school seniors across the nation, getting accepted into college is a natural next step in their educational journey. For Nigerian-American Harold Ekeh, the path to higher academics was bolstered by the fact that he was accepted at all eight of the Ivy League schools in America.
According to a report from watchdog and lobbying group Media Matters, television stations in New York cover crimes featuring Black suspects disproportionately. The report revealed that Black suspects were featured in coverage at a far higher rate than the actual occurrence of the crimes that group was arrested for historically.
