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A Love Letter to CopWatchers: You deserve thanks not slander

Dear NYC CopWatchers, Last week, Mayor Adams used one of his press conferences to grossly mischaracterize and criminalize New Yorkers who...

Advocates and Electeds rally for officers who killed Black gay man, Kawaski Trawick, to be fired

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE for September 28, 2023 Advocates and elected officials rally for officers who killed Black gay man, Kawaski...

Draft NYPD Report Recommends Charges Dropped Against Cops Who Killed Kawaski Trawick

MEDIA CONTACT: Kristine Mikkelsen, kmikkelsen@spitfirestrategies.com, Eliel Cruz, press@justicecommittee.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE for...

39 Electeds Urge Mayor & NYPD Commissoner to Allow CCRB Prosecution of Cop Who Killed Allan Feliz

MEDIA CONTACT: Eliel Cruz, press@justicecommittee.org New York, NY: Nearly 40 New York City and State elected officials have come...

Electeds to Mayor & NYPD Commissioner Re Discipline Process for Officer Who Killed Allan Feliz

September 25, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams City Hall New York, NY 10007 NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban 1 Police Plaza New York, NY 10038 RE:...

26 Families Who've Lost Loved Ones To NYPD Urge Speaker, Council & Mayor to Pass How Many Stops Act

August 17, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams Speaker Adrienne Adams & Members of the New York City Council City Hall New York, NY 10007 CC: Public...

[Amsterdam News] Stop and Frisk 10 Years Later: How Many More Stops?

Ten years ago [last week], a federal judge rejected the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York City Police Department, finding that it...

[City and State NYC] The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices are still here but under a new name

One decade ago this summer, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s abusive stop-and-frisk practices...

[News 12] Family of son fatally struck by police in 2022 sues NYPD

The family of a man who was fatally struck by a police van last year is suing the NYPD. Ronald Anthony Smith was killed in April 2022 by...