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Trump draws outrage with pardons for DC officers convicted in death and coverup of Black motorist

Advocates are slamming President Donald Trump‘s decision to issue pardons for two D.C. police officers who were convicted in the death and subsequent coverup of a Black motorist. “President Trump’s first-week pardons make it clear he has no respect for democracy or the rule of law in D.C. or anywhere else,” said Markus Batchelor, a former D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) commissioner and national political director at People For the American Way. Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton received “full and […]

todayJanuary 24, 2025 1

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NYC mayor defends police response after videos show officers punching pro-Palestinian protesters

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department’s response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men lying prone on the ground an “isolated incident.” “Look at that entire incident,” Adams said on the “Mornings on 1” program on the local cable news channel NY1. He complained that protesters who marched through Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge section on Saturday had blocked traffic, spit at officers and, […]

todayMay 21, 2024 2

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NYPD officers will have to record race of people they question under new police transparency law

New York City police officers will be required to record the apparent race, gender and ages of most people they stop for questioning under a law passed Tuesday by the City Council, which overrode a veto by Mayor Eric Adams. The issue was thrust into the national spotlight in recent days when NYPD officers pulled over a Black council member without giving him a reason. The law gives police reform advocates a major win in requiring the nation’s largest police […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024 1