The unions’ leadership is mostly white, suburban and Republican, setting it apart from an increasingly diverse police force and the city itself. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings”
Rochester Police Chief Resigns After Accusations of Cover-Up in Prude Case
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2020
Rochester’s mayor said the police chief and the entire police command were stepping down, days after the state attorney general said a grand jury would look into the death of Daniel Prude. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude Case: Grand Jury Will Be Set Up in Rochester Death
By Gotham Rex on September 5, 2020
The decision by New York’s attorney general comes more than five months after Daniel Prude died of suffocation after officers in Rochester, N.Y., placed a hood over his head. Source: New York Times
Daniel Prude’s Death: Police Silence and Accusations of a Cover-Up
By Gotham Rex on September 4, 2020
The police in Rochester, N.Y., treated the death of Mr. Prude as a drug overdose. The case drew scrutiny when footage showed that he had been pinned down and hooded by officers. Source: New York Times
Black Man Died of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder. Source: New York Times
7 Officers Suspended as a Black Man’s Suffocation Roils Rochester
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
The man, Daniel Prude, who suffered from mental illness, died in March after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head. Source: New York Times
The 'Spit Hood' in Daniel Prude's Death. Why Do Police Use Them?
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Daniel Prude died in Rochester after officers covered his head with a hood. The devices are widely used, but the N.Y.P.D. does not give them to patrol officers. Source: New York Times
Black Man, Daniel Prude, Dies of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him, Family Says
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder. Source: New York Times
Daughter of Immigrants to Be 1st Black Woman on N.J. Supreme Court
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2020
Fabiana Pierre-Louis, 39, will also be the only Black judge currently seated on the state’s highest court. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Records, No Longer Secret, Shed Light on Misconduct
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2020
Nearly 324,000 complaints against police officers were published online. The Times’s police bureau chief explains what that means. Source: New York Times
323,911 Accusations of N.Y.P.D. Misconduct Are Released Online
By Gotham Rex on August 20, 2020
The records had been sealed for decades, but last month, New York repealed a law keeping them secret after national protests against police brutality. Source: New York Times
These Remarks Might Get a Police Chief Fired. Not in New York.
By Gotham Rex on August 3, 2020
The police commissioner’s pointed criticism — and the fact that he still has his job — speaks to the mayor’s fraught relationship with the Police Department. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D.’s Use of Unmarked Van in Arrest Draws Parallels to Portland
By Gotham Rex on July 28, 2020
Videos of the arrest, shared widely on social media, were met with intense criticism and calls for an explanation from the police. Source: New York Times
‘Occupy City Hall’ Encampment Taken Down in Pre-Dawn Raid by N.Y.P.D.
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2020
Officers in riot gear cleared the makeshift camp in City Hall Park, which began as a protest against police abuses but then turned into a gathering of homeless people. Source: New York Times
The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art That Contain Multitudes
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2020
The works in Harlem and Lower Manhattan are much more than a challenge to President Trump; they are opportunities for Black artists and community togetherness. Source: New York Times