The 27-year-old officer, who had responded to a call about domestic violence, was “in a little pain” but “extremely good spirits” at a Brooklyn hospital, the police commissioner said. Source: New York Times
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5 Takeaways From the Mayor’s Race: A Subway Pledge and Police Scrutiny
By Gotham Rex on December 21, 2020
Some New York City candidates vowed to reform the Police Department — or to ride the subway more often than Mayor Bill de Blasio. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Badly Mishandled George Floyd Protests, Watchdog Says
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
“I look back with remorse,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a city oversight agency found the department’s tactics “produced excessive enforcement.” Source: New York Times
Cathedral Shooting in Manhattan: What We Know About the Gunman
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
Luis Vasquez grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood where he opened fire as an outdoor carol service ended. The police fatally shot him. Source: New York Times
Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Opened Fire Near Crowd at Manhattan Cathedral
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2020
The shooting at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine took place just after a carol service ended. Source: New York Times
Lawrence Byrne, Former Lawyer for New York Police, Dies at 61
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2020
His younger brother, a police officer, was assassinated by a drug gang at 22, a key moment in the city’s crack epidemic of the 1980s. Source: New York Times
6 Injured When Driver Rams Into Protest Against ICE in Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2020
A black car hit several people marching in Manhattan in support of immigrant detainees on a hunger strike. Source: New York Times
Crime Wave Hits Bodegas, Threatening a Lifeline in the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2020
Bodegas have seen a 63 percent rise in shootings and a threefold increase in burglaries. Six people have been killed in or just outside the stores. Source: New York Times
Why Some Young New Yorkers Carry Guns
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2020
Police struggling to stem a rising wave of shootings in New York City are confronting a deep-seated subculture that glorifies guns. Source: New York Times
Police Shooting in the Bronx: At Least 2 U.S. Marshals Shot
By Gotham Rex on December 4, 2020
The marshals’ conditions were not immediately known after the shooting in the Wakefield neighborhood, officials said. One suspect was also wounded. Source: New York Times
Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
City police officers who were assigned body cameras documented more stops than officers who did not wear the devices during a yearlong pilot program. Source: New York Times
2 Officers Are Wounded and Man Is Killed in Queens Shootout, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2020
The officers were investigating a domestic violence allegation when the victim’s husband opened fire, wounding both of them, the police said. Neither injury was life threatening. Source: New York Times
1 Woman Is Killed and 6 Others Are Wounded in Brooklyn Mass Shooting
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2020
Two people opened fire at a party in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the police said. The incident reflected a stark rise in shootings in the city. Source: New York Times
A Pattern of Leniency Toward Officers Accused of Misconduct
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2020
A New York Times analysis found that the Police Department routinely reduced or ignored a review board’s recommendations for disciplining officers. Source: New York Times
A Watchdog Accused Officers of Serious Misconduct. Few Were Punished.
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2020
An analysis by The New York Times found that the N.Y.P.D. has reduced or rejected recommendations for stiff discipline of officers in about 71 percent of 6,900 serious misconduct charges. Source: New York Times