police accountability

12 posts

NYPD shooting of Bangladeshi New Yorker tests Mamdani’s approach to mental health crises

Advocates and South Asian community members are calling for police not to respond to 911 mental health calls, after the NYPD shot 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty in his home

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7 Min
By: Prajwal Bhat, Biplob Kumar Das

The NYPD routinely abuses people in handcuffs. How do officers get away with it?

Court records and interviews with victims show that New York Police Department officers use force on people already restrained, which some experts characterize as “torture”

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9 Min
By: Elias Guerra

As Utica community wrestles with the police shooting of Nyah Mway, family moves to file lawsuit

The New York State Attorney General’s Office declined last month to press charges against Officer Patrick Husnay, who fatally shot the 13-year-old Karen refugee

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4 Min
By: Eric Santomauro-Stenzel

Seattle federal monitor’s communications with police officials raise questions over impartial oversight

Messages obtained by Prism between federal monitor Antonio Oftelie and two Seattle Police Department executives reveal backchannel coordination about policing tactics and budgeting

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12 Min
By: Glen Stellmacher

Utica’s refugee community demands justice for 13-year-old boy killed by police

Karen refugee Nyah Mway was shot by police last June, fueling protests for accountability from the city and programs for local youth

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13 Min
By: Eric Santomauro-Stenzel

The history of police body cameras is more complex and troubling than we’ve been told

This year more police departments across the country have decided to join the ranks of those who outfit their officers with body-worn cameras. In March, the U.S. Capitol police began a 180-day body camera pilot program while officers in Brookline, Massachusetts, Madison, Wisconsin, and Philadelphia, Delaware, and Montgomery counties

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6 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Florida Senate and House advance bill to eliminate police oversight boards

Civilian oversight boards act as third-party oversight agencies for police departments

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

From Atlanta to San Pablo: Residents say no to militarizing police

The city of San Pablo has plans to build a $43 million police training center

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6 Min
By: Gracelynn West

Non-carceral emergency response initiatives require a cultural shift

From funding to implementation to use, non-carceral emergency response initiatives require people to unlearn their reliance on police

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16 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Probe of Chicago police’s alleged sexual crimes exposes asylum-seekers’ vulnerability

Migrants are sexually assaulted at alarming rates across the U.S.

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4 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

High-speed police pursuits have no place in public safety

A deadly Oakland police chase is just the latest example of why the reckless practice needs to end

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4 Min
By: Cat Brooks

San Diego community demands more from law enforcement than non-binding policies to increase police accountability

Organizers are skeptical of police claims that county precincts should be trusted to investigate each other in deadly use of force cases

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8 Min
By: Roberto Camacho

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