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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
Police Detain Brooklyn
Councilman at West Indian Parade
By FERNANDA SANTOS and MICHAEL WILSON
Published:
September 5, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/nyregion/city-councilman-jumaane-d-williams-is-handcuffed-at-west-indian-day-parade.html?hpw
A city councilman from
Brooklyn was handcuffed and briefly detained by the police on Monday afternoon
during the West Indian Day Parade after an argument with officers over whether
he was allowed to use a closed sidewalk, said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, whose aide was also detained in the dispute.
The councilman, Jumaane D. Williams, was not charged with a crime, nor was the aide,
Kirsten John Foy, Mr. De Blasio’s community affairs director. The annual parade, which
celebrates the culture of the Caribbean islands with feathered costumes and
music and attracts tens of thousands of spectators, is a high-turnout event for
the police as they seek to ward off trouble. On Monday, officers responded to
at least two shootings at the parade, in which two men were wounded.
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011 |
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EDITORIAL
The Truth Behind
Stop-and-Frisk
Published:
September 2, 2011
Judge Shira Scheindlin of
Federal District Court in New York made the right call when she refused to
dismiss a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, which alleged
that officers use race as a basis for stopping and frisking citizens, rather
than reasonable suspicion. The trial will provide an important opportunity to
evaluate this increasingly troubling program, which resulted in 600,000 people
being stopped on the streets last year alone.
The stop-and-frisk tactic
is as old as policing itself. But it has been a central law enforcement tool in
New York since the 1990’s, when the police adopted the “broken windows”
approach, clamping down on minor crime and emphasizing preventive measures against
lawbreaking.
New York has experienced a
dramatic reduction in crime. But as Judge Scheindlin pointed out, there is no
conclusive proof that widespread use of stop-and-frisk itself drove down crime.
Crime fell in many cities, including those that did not adopt the approach.
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Friday, 02 September 2011 |
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** PJ Organizations contributed to an Amicus Brief, coordinated by the Center for Consitutional Rights, to support this case.
Filming police in public is protected by the First Amendment
by Kristen Rasmussen
http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=12000
The
right to film police in the performance of their public duties in a public space
is a “basic, vital, and well-established liberty safeguarded by the First
Amendment,” a federal appellate court held last week, marking a major victory
in a time when arrests for such activities have been on the rise.
The
U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston (1st Cir.) ruled on Friday
that three Boston police officers are not immune from liability for arresting a
man who, believing the officers were using excessive force to arrest a young
man on the Boston Common, recorded the October 2007 scene on his cell phone.
The officers arrested the spectator, Simon Glik, confiscated his cell phone and
a computer flash drive and charged him with violation of the Massachusetts
wiretap statute, which requires the consent of all parties to record a
conversation. The state Supreme Court has interpreted the statute to
criminalize only secret recordings made without such consent.
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Saturday, 16 July 2011 |
Peoples' Justice Bronx Summer Training Series Tues. July 19, 6:30-8:30pm: Know Your Rights (learn about your rights when dealing with the cops and how assert them safely) Tues. July 26, 6:30-8:30pm: Cop Watch (learn how to safely and legally document police activity in your neighborhood)
At the Betances Community Center, BronxWorks 547 E. 146th St., Bronx (2 or 5 train to 3 Ave.-149th St.)
Who should attend: - Groups of 3-5 who want to start Cop Watch teams. Cop Watch is a grassroots police accountability and community defense tactic during which neighborhood resisdents legally documnet police activity. - Folks who wanna learn their rights when dealing wtih the cops (esp. poc, youth, immigrants, trans and queer folks.) - Folks who are tired of watching police violence in their neighborhoods. - Folks who wanna get involved in PJ’s work. - Lawyers who want to help hold the NYPD accountable to NYC communities. - Folks who wanna talk with their communities about the issues they face.
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Saturday, 02 July 2011 |
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*** Just another reason why we need Cop Watch *** NYPD Caught on Tape Beating Fans at Hip-Hop Release Partyby Jorge Rivas, Friday, July 1 2011,1:30 PM EST Read more: http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/07/another_nypd_police_brutality_case.html Early morning Wednesday, a hip-hop CD release party in New York’s Lower East Side ended with the arrests of nearly half a dozen patrons, and at least five reported injuries to police officers. The incident has rocked New York’s legendary hip-hop community, with allegations flying that police brutalized patrons and then arrested some of them. Party-goers at the Smif-n-Wessun and Pete Rock CD release party say the event inside the club was peaceful up until NYPD showed up. Five people were arrested and charged with, among other things, riot, assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. |
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