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    JC Team
    • Apr 29, 2019
    • 1 min

    [Patch] NYPD Blowing Off 'Right To Know' Laws, Advocates Say

    "The NYPD is still conducting illegal searches, is still coercing community members into agreeing searches, is still intimidating our...
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    JC Team
    • Apr 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    [NewNowNext] A Queer Black Man Was Killed by the NYPD—and His Community Wants Answers

    More than a week after police shot and killed a queer black man in the Bronx, a grieving community has been left searching for answers....
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    JC Team
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    [Times Union] Activists, lawmakers push to repeal 50-a at Capitol

    Lawmakers, activists and families impacted by violent encounters with the police gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to push for a repeal...
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    JC Team
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    [NY Law Journal] State Lawmakers Press for Reforms Aimed at Police Accountability, Transparency

    Lawmakers and advocates rally in Albany for a set of reforms related to information on law enforcement. Read More
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    JC Team
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    [El Diario] Piden pasar ley ‘Safer NY’ como parte de la reforma judicial

    En la demostración también participaron familiares de víctimas de brutalidad policial como Valerie Bell, madre de Sean Bell, muerto a...
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    JC Team
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    [Daily News] Advocates and lawmakers rally to repeal law that lets cops hide misbehavior

    A group of lawmakers and activists, including the mother of Sean Bell, rallied Tuesday for the full repeal of section 50-a of the state’s...
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    JC Team
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    [Spectrum News] Community Members Rally for Police Reform at State Capitol

    At the state Capitol, more than two dozen community members and legislators gathered outside the Senate chambers Tuesday to rally in...
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    JC Team
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    [Gothamist] "Our eyes do not lie. The autopsy did not lie. This was a chokehold, plain and simple."

    In a statement, Loyda Colon, co-director of the Justice Committee, said: "Our eyes do not lie. The autopsy did not lie. This was a...
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    JC Team
    • Mar 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    [AP] NYC settles with mother of man killed by police

    New York City has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to the mother of a mentally ill man who was fatally shot by police in 2012. Mohamed...
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    JC Team
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    [reason.com] New York Police Killed Her Son, Then Refused to Answer Her Questions.

    NYPD officer Richard Haste had followed Malcolm's son, 18-year-old Ramarley Graham into Graham's apartment, believing he had a gun, and...
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    JC Team
    • Jan 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    [The New York Times] Police Union Criticized for Comparing Arrested N.F.L. Player to ‘Wild Animal’

    Loyda Colon, a co-director of the Justice Committee, a police-reform group, said in a statement that the rhetoric of the union leaders...
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    JC Team
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    [Metro] NYPD organized 'large scale' Black Lives Matter surveillance and kept activist photos years

    Loyda Colon, co-director of Justice Committee and Communities United for Police Reform, said in a statement that the committee condemns...
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    JC Team
    • Apr 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    [Gotham Gazette] Council Members Renew Call for Task Force on NYPD Response to Emotionally Disturbed

    In August of last year, shortly after NYPD officers shot to death an emotionally disturbed man in his apartment, City Council Member...
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    JC Team
    • Mar 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    [JJIE] New Yorkers Hold Memorial Service for 5-year Anniversary of Teen’s Shooting by Police

    Each year gets more difficult, Gray said. Every anniversary she is haunted by what could have been: She wonders what he would be doing....
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    JC Team
    • Mar 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    [News 12] Vigil honors Kimani Gray 5 years after his death

    A memorial and candlelight vigil has held Friday night in East Flatbush to mark five years since the death of Kimani Gray, who was shot...
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    JC Team
    • Mar 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    [The Village Voice] You Can Finally Complain About the Police at Your Precinct

    The CCRB has agreed to deliver new complaint forms, but police reform activists still doubt the NYPD will act to address wrongdoing....
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    JC Team
    • Jan 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    [Observer] Eric Garner’s Mother: NYPD Does Not Need DOJ Action to Prosecute Pantaleo

    Gwen Carr, Garner’s mother, told reporters at a rally outside City Hall on Thursday afternoon that she met with the CCRB, and they...
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    JC Team
    • Dec 21, 2017
    • 1 min

    [News 12] Police accountability bills fall short for some activists

    Intro 541 of the Right to Know Act requires officers to clearly explain that searches are completely voluntary and only allows searches...
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    JC Team
    • Nov 30, 2017
    • 1 min

    [El Diario] Urgen al Concejo apruebe ley que frene acoso sexual y abusos policiales

    “La Ley del Derecho a Saber es una legislación importante que ayudará a proteger a los neoyorquinos de los abusos del NYPD, y con...
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    JC Team
    • Nov 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    [Patch] City Tries to Criminalize Ramarley Graham's Family and Supporters

    Loyda Colon of the Justice Committee, a police-reform advocacy group, said the city is "trying to criminalize Ramarley Graham's mother...
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    Testimony – Ellen Trawick at CCRB Meeting 8/10
    • 3 days ago
    • 3 min

    Testimony – Ellen Trawick at CCRB Meeting 8/10

    In response to the CCRB delays in scheduling a disciplinary trial against NYPD Officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis, Ellen Trawick...
    [NY Focus] Eric Adams Wants to ‘Drill Into’ Complaints Against NYPD Gun Unit Trainees. So We Did.
    • Jul 13
    • 1 min

    [NY Focus] Eric Adams Wants to ‘Drill Into’ Complaints Against NYPD Gun Unit Trainees. So We Did.

    When New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the formation of a new band of gun crackdown police units, known as Neighborhood Safety...
    We Need a Transformative Approach to Public Safety –– NYC’s FY23 Budget Is Not It
    • Jun 14
    • 2 min

    We Need a Transformative Approach to Public Safety –– NYC’s FY23 Budget Is Not It

    In response to New York City Council passing FY23 Budget, Justice Committee released the following statement: "Last night, the New York...
    CCRB Substantiates Police Abuse of Harlem Youth, Bystander and Copwatcher Mercedes Pope
    • Jun 14
    • 5 min

    CCRB Substantiates Police Abuse of Harlem Youth, Bystander and Copwatcher Mercedes Pope

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 13, 2022––Today, the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) concluded their investigation into...
    [Gothamist] Police should be disciplined for harassing woman who tried to videotape them
    • Jun 13
    • 1 min

    [Gothamist] Police should be disciplined for harassing woman who tried to videotape them

    The civilian-run board that investigates complaints of police misconduct recommended discipline for two New York Police Department...
    [NY Focus] Here Are the New NYPD Gun Units’ Trainees. Many Have Histories of Excessive Force
    • May 23
    • 1 min

    [NY Focus] Here Are the New NYPD Gun Units’ Trainees. Many Have Histories of Excessive Force

    In March, New York City Mayor Eric Adams fulfilled his promise to revive recently disbanded plainclothes police teams and deploy them to...
    [City & State NY] Another day of contradictory remarks from Eric Adams - this time on crime
    • May 19
    • 1 min

    [City & State NY] Another day of contradictory remarks from Eric Adams - this time on crime

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams was apparently hit with a double case of amnesia on Thursday. That, or he tried to pull a fast one on the...
    At Close of CCRB Investigation, Mom of Mohamed Bah Blasts NYPD and Mayor for Shielding Officers
    • May 12
    • 4 min

    At Close of CCRB Investigation, Mom of Mohamed Bah Blasts NYPD and Mayor for Shielding Officers

    MEDIA CONTACT: Eliel Cruz press@justicecommittee.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At Close of CCRB Investigation, Mom of Mohamed Bah Blasts NYPD...
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