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Mothers of Young Men Killed by NYPD Call on Musicians to Write Songs for Justice

by Jorge Rivas on April 23 2013, 3:06PM

This is a call to action from mothers who have lost children to police violence.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly ‘Wanted to Instill Fear’ in Black and Latino Men

by Jorge Rivas on April 3 2013, 11:08AM

The testimony of a New York state senator in landmark trial reveals the commissioner’s stop-and-frisk intentions.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Politics, Stop-and-Frisk

NYPD Using Facial Recognition Software on Facebook and Instagram Photos

by Jorge Rivas on March 29 2013, 1:13PM

The New York Police Department is using facial recognition technology to match photos of suspects with images in online databases like Facebook and Instagram.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

Kimani Gray’s School Sent a Letter to Parents Praising His Academic Abilities

by Jorge Rivas on March 20 2013, 2:39PM

Earlier this week Kimani Gray’s high school, The Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, sent a letter to parents and staff in honor of the teen who was fatally shot by undercover cops last week after he allegedly pulled a gun on them.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

NYPD Officer Says ‘There Are Definitely Quotas’ for Arrests

by Jamilah King on March 19 2013, 12:42PM

An officer says on the record what supporters of the department have been denying for years.

Topics: /NOW Blog

NYPD Issues Memo Ordering Cops to Run Criminal Checks on Domestic Abuse Victims

by Jorge Rivas on March 18 2013, 11:52AM

The new directive could further dissuade victims from coming forward.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog

Dispatch From Brooklyn: Fraying Patience With NYPD’s Protection

by Jamilah King on March 18 2013, 11:03AM

As the department’s stop-and-frisk program heads to court this week, the scene in Flatbush reveals just how tired many communities have become of the city’s policing style.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Dispatches, Stop-and-Frisk

Kimani Gray’s Mother Speaks: ‘He Was Slaughtered’

by Jorge Rivas on March 15 2013, 11:25AM

Carol Gray told reporters that her son was slaughtered.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

Today Marks the 5 Millionth ‘Stop-And-Frisk’ by NYPD Under Bloomberg, Says NYCLU

by Jorge Rivas on March 14 2013, 1:34PM

The majority of stop-and-frisks victims are black and Latino—and 89% of stops result in no arrest of ticket.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

NYPD Violence Looms in Third Day of Protests for Kimani Gray [PHOTOS]

by Jamilah King on March 14 2013, 10:18AM

The teen was shot and killed by NYPD officers.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

NYPD Kills Teen Who Witness Says Was Just Adjusting Belt

by Jorge Rivas on March 12 2013, 11:53AM

NYPD says the shot the teen 11 times because he was reaching for a gun. But eyewitnesses say the teen was just running for his life.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

Report: NYPD Spy Program Traumatized Muslim Communities

by Seth Freed Wessler on March 12 2013, 8:48AM

A new report documents the human impact of the NYPD’s sprawling Muslim surveillance program. Though there’s no evidence that the spying stopped acts of terrorism, the report found that it has stoked fear and mistrust in schools, neighborhoods—and mosques.

Topics: Criminal Justice, NYPD Spying, Wealth Gap

NYPD Breaks Down ‘Stop-Frisk’ Data by Precinct and Race

by Jorge Rivas on February 8 2013, 11:47AM

Earlier this week the New York Police Department released a report that breaks down its controversial stop and frisk policy by precinct and race.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

N.Y. Judge Rules Part of ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ is Unconstitutional

by Jorge Rivas on January 8 2013, 2:40PM

Manhattan Judge Shira Scheindlin said the practice of stopping people suspected of trespassing outside private buildings in the Bronx was unconstitutional.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

Terrorism Suspect Pleads in Yet Another NYPD Case Riddled With Questions

by Seth Freed Wessler on December 5 2012, 10:44AM

The city’s ongoing use of informants to create terror plots it can then prosecute raised concerns of even the FBI in Ahmed Ferhani’s case.

Topics: Criminal Justice, NYPD Spying, National Security

New York City Terrorism Sting Latest In Line of ‘Entrapment’ Cases

by Seth Freed Wessler on October 18 2012, 1:06AM

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man named Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis for attempting on Wednesday to to blow up the Federal Reserve building with what he believed was a 1,000 pound bomb. But, the NY Times…

Topics: /NOW Blog

Class Action Lawsuit Moves Forward Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk

by Jamilah King on October 11 2012, 11:38AM

Get ready for a legal showdown.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

Watch the Only Known Recording of NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk in Action

by Jamilah King on October 9 2012, 2:39PM

A Harlem teenager secretly recorded his encounter with NYPD officers in his neighborhood.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

NYPD Cop ‘Accidentally’ Shoots and Kills Unarmed 20-Year-Old Latino

by Jorge Rivas on September 7 2012, 4:01PM

An innocent and unarmed 20-year-old was shot by the NYPD while fleeing a robbery in the Bronx.

Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog

The Real Reason Big Brother’s Still Spying on New York City’s Muslims

by Seth Freed Wessler on August 29 2012, 9:34AM

A program that was meant to make New York City “safer” from would-be terrorists has proven to be an abysmal failure. But city officials aren’t budging.

Topics: Criminal Justice, NYPD Spying, National Security

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