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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton to Step Down in September
About a week after announcing that he had no intention of staying into a second term, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton has formally announced his plans to step down in September, NPR reports. During the announcement made on Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that Chief of Department James O’Neill will be…
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#ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired
On Monday, about 100 Black Lives Matter activists gathered at City Hall in New York City before noon to hold protests all day, demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio fire Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, according to the New York Daily News. Nicholas Heyward Sr. held a sign that read, “What can we expect from a cop who considers youth a…
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton Announces Plans to Step Down by End of 2017
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton confirmed Monday that he has no intentions of remaining the head of the Police Department past the end of 2017, CBS News reports. “I do not intend to stay into a second term,” Bratton said during an unrelated news conference with New York City’s mayor. According to CBS,…
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If NYC Top Cop Bill Bratton Wants to Discuss ‘Thugs,’ He Should Start With the NYPD
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, one of the architects of New York’s racist stop-and-frisk policy, has weighed in on the fatal shooting that took place at a hip-hop concert at Manhattan’s Irving Plaza Wednesday night, and his statement was as prejudiced and hypocritical as one would expect from New York City’s top cop.…