A settlement filed Friday will bar N.Y.P.D. officers from detaining people at length as they check databases for reasons to arrest them. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Search and Seizure”
Trump’s Special Master Request Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2022
A legal back-and-forth produced a straightforward narrative of how Mr. Trump and his lawyers repeatedly dodged the government’s attempts to recover sensitive documents for more than a year. Source: New York Times
F.B.I. Seizure of Scott Perry’s Phone Is Sign of Escalating Election Inquiry
By Gotham Rex on August 10, 2022
Representative Scott Perry’s lawyer said he was told he is not a target of the Justice Department’s expanding inquiry into one element of the effort to keep Donald J. Trump in power after his loss in 2020. Source: New York…
N.Y.P.D. Rolls Out New Version of Anti-Gun Unit With Violent Past
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
Officers will wear modified uniforms, not plain clothes, in the unit, which in its previous form was involved in a disproportionate number of fatal shootings. Source: New York Times
Peter L. Zimroth, Who Oversaw Stop-and-Frisk Reforms, Dies at 78
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2021
As New York City’s chief legal officer, he drafted a model public campaign financing law and fought bias against women in private clubs. Source: New York Times
F.B.I. Raids Sergeants Benevolent Association Headquarters
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
Investigators executed a search warrant in connection with an ongoing inquiry, people familiar with the matter said. Source: New York Times
Jewish Burial Records Among Items Seized by U.S. Authorities
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2021
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said they plan to return 17 items — once headed for auction — to their communities. 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