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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:57 PM Jul 2020

State Attorney General Calls for Stripping N.Y.P.D. Control From Mayor

Source: New York Times

er in Brooklyn pulled down a protester’s mask and pepper-sprayed him. Another officer shoved a young woman to the ground, knocking her head against the pavement and giving her a concussion. An officer in Manhattan pulled a gun and waved it at protesters after one of his colleagues was hit in the head with an thrown object.

These incidents were described in a lengthy report that the state attorney general released Wednesday after hearings into the Police Department’s handling of recent protests against police brutality and racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Saying the protests had shaken New Yorkers’ belief in the Police Department, the attorney general, Letitia James, recommended that an independent panel — not the mayor — should appoint the police commissioner and oversee the hiring and firing of officers.

“It is impossible to deny that many New Yorkers have lost faith in law enforcement,” Ms. James said during a call with reporters to discuss her findings. “I believe we need to bridge the undeniable divide between police and the public.”


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/nyregion/letitia-james-nypd-reforms.html

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State Attorney General Calls for Stripping N.Y.P.D. Control From Mayor (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2020 OP
Well SoCalNative Jul 2020 #1
Sounds Like A Good Idea, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2020 #2
I wonder how the reform efforts there are going? soothsayer Jul 2020 #3
Good. Red Mountain Jul 2020 #4
Absolutely Agree Me. Jul 2020 #5

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
2. Sounds Like A Good Idea, Sir
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:08 PM
Jul 2020

With regard to police, there must be a reckoning. Particularly in how they treat people exercise their First Amendment right of peaceable assembly.


"I don't see no riot here! Why you all in riot gear?"

Me.

(35,454 posts)
5. Absolutely Agree
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:46 PM
Jul 2020

especially as the mayor is now slow walking reforms because police brass don't like them

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