The good news is that Stop and Frisk—the NYPD’s practice of stopping and patting down people in New York City—has…
New York has a problem: Its police have a penchant for brutalizing marginalized residents.
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Because apparently it’s the NYPD who took 50 Cent’s “Get the Strap” mantra to…
Jazmine Headley was thrust into national headlines in December when, during a visit to a New York public benefits…
A New York State judge ruled on Monday that the NYPD has to disclose whether it spied on Black Lives Matter protesters…
It was a story so ridiculous it seemed destined to go viral: A new Harlem resident, a white woman going only by the…
On Tuesday, Jazmine Headley, her family, and her advocates received some much-needed good news: the 23-year-old woman,…
Brooklyn Defender Services, an advocacy group that provides criminal, civil, family, and immigration legal defense to…
For 23-year-old Jazmine Headley, it should have been a fairly straightforward errand.
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCHR) today announced a settlement that could be a game-changer in the…
Lyric McHenry was celebrating her 26th birthday when she left her party at New York City’s Dream Hotel without saying a…
Sometimes you have to admit when you’re wrong.
New York Police arrested Geoffrey Young, a member of the alt-right group the Proud Boys, Thursday night. It is their…
Over the weekend, videos and photos of the alt-right group the Proud Boys beating up protesters outside a Republican…
Taquanna Lawton has been charged with grand larceny for stealing an NYPD officer’s Jeep Wrangler in Brooklyn Tuesday…
Broken Windows, the now-debunked criminal justice theory that provided what many deem an academic justification for…
The owner of a well-known Harlem restaurant and two of his employees filed a civil rights lawsuit against the NYPD last…
More than a week after director and musician Boots Riley delivered a pointed and detailed critique of BlacKkKlansman and…
Esaw Snipes, the widow of NYPD choking victim, Eric Garner, whose last words repeated the refrain, “I can’t breathe,”…
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