JC TeamApr 9, 20191 min[El Diario] Piden pasar ley ‘Safer NY’ como parte de la reforma judicialEn la demostración también participaron familiares de víctimas de brutalidad policial como Valerie Bell, madre de Sean Bell, muerto a man...
JC TeamApr 9, 20191 min[Daily News] Advocates and lawmakers rally to repeal law that lets cops hide misbehaviorA 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...
JC TeamApr 9, 20191 min[Spectrum News] Community Members Rally for Police Reform at State CapitolAt the state Capitol, more than two dozen community members and legislators gathered outside the Senate chambers Tuesday to rally in favo...
JC TeamApr 4, 20191 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 chokeh...
JC TeamApr 4, 20192 minJustice Committee Slams Pantaleo Defense Attorney’s Desperate MovesIn response to defense attorney Stuart London’s attempt to use NYPD Chief Surgeon Eli Kleinman’s review of the NYPD killing of Eric Garne...
JC TeamMar 22, 20192 minMohamed Bah’s Mother Responds to Bah Civil Suit SettlementCalls for NYPD to be Eliminated as First Responders to People in Emotional Crisis In response to the settlement of Bah v the City of NY e...
JC TeamMar 21, 20191 minJustice Committee Stands w/ Mohamed Bah's Mother in Calling for Eliminating NYPD as First RespondersIn response to this statement from Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah, the Justice Committee released the following statement by Co-Director...
JC TeamMar 21, 20191 min[AP] NYC settles with mother of man killed by policeNew 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 Bah...
JC TeamFeb 8, 20191 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 f...
JC TeamJan 28, 20191 minFamilies Letter to Cuomo Criticizing "Special Counsel" Proposal & Calling for Stronger LegislationDear Governor Cuomo: We are 18 family members whose loved ones were killed by police officers in New York State during the last 25 years....
JC TeamJan 27, 20191 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 en...
JC TeamJan 23, 20191 minJustice Committee Condemns PBA President's Comments Regarding Sentencing of Justin MurrellIn response to Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch's comments following the sentencing of Justin Murrell, the Justice C...
JC TeamJan 17, 20191 min[Metro] NYPD organized 'large scale' Black Lives Matter surveillance and kept activist photos yearsLoyda Colon, co-director of Justice Committee and Communities United for Police Reform, said in a statement that the committee condemns a...
JC TeamJul 27, 20181 minJustice Committee Condemns de Blasio Administration & NYPD for Lack of Swift, Complete TransparencyIn response to the reported leaking of the names of four of the five NYPD officers involved in the April 4 killing of unarmed Saheed Vass...
JC TeamJun 12, 20181 minThe Justice Committee Applauds NYS Assembly for Passing Police Accountability and Transparency BillsIn response to the NYS Assembly's passage of A5617 today and A5946 last week, the Justice Committee released the following statement from...
JC TeamJun 12, 20181 minPress Release: Justice Committee Applauds NYS Assembly for Passing Police Reform BillsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 12, 2018 CONTACT: Yul-san Liem, 347.676.1878, yul-san@justicecommittee.org The Justice Committee Applauds NY...
JC TeamMay 8, 20182 minFamilies of New Yorkers Killed by Police Urge NYS Legislature to Consult with them on AG AppointmentFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | May 8, 2018 Contact: Yul-san Liem, yul-san@justicecommittee.org, 347.676.1878 Families Call for Interim AG with T...
JC TeamApr 10, 20181 min[Gotham Gazette] Council Members Renew Call for Task Force on NYPD Response to Emotionally DisturbedIn August of last year, shortly after NYPD officers shot to death an emotionally disturbed man in his apartment, City Council Member Juma...
JC TeamMar 12, 20181 min[JJIE] New Yorkers Hold Memorial Service for 5-year Anniversary of Teen’s Shooting by PoliceEach year gets more difficult, Gray said. Every anniversary she is haunted by what could have been: She wonders what he would be doing. W...
JC TeamMar 9, 20181 min[News 12] Vigil honors Kimani Gray 5 years after his deathA memorial and candlelight vigil has held Friday night in East Flatbush to mark five years since the death of Kimani Gray, who was shot b...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label Kawaski Trawick’s Mom Responds to Bronx DA Report & Demands Firing of NYPD Cops Who Killed Her Son Trawick Family & Advocates Demand Bronx DA Release All Relevant Investigatory Files and Call on Mayor de Blasio & NYPD to Fire Officers B...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label Family Outraged as AG James Declines to Charge Officers Who Killed Unarmed Allan Feliz ...AG James delivered NO JUSTICE for the murder for our son, grandson, brother, cousin, brother-in-law, father and loved one...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label [Pix 11] Judge lifts veil on NYC police discipline records With scores of disciplinary records already online, a federal judge on Friday lifted a temporary restraining order that had barred New Yo...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label [Pix 11] Battle continues over release of police disciplinary records in New York Police unions fought Tuesday to block the public release of officer disciplinary records in New York. Lawmakers enacted a state transpare...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label [Nu Origins] MOM & FAMILY OUTRAGED AS BRONX DA DECLINES TO CHARGE COPS FOR KILLING KAWASKI TRAWICK On April 14, 2019, 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick was locked out of his apartment at Hill House in the Bronx. The fire department let him in...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label [NEWSONE] Outrage After DA Decides Against Charging NYPD Cops Who ‘Murdered’ Black Man In Own Home The family of a Black man who was Tasered, shot and killed in his apartment by NYPD officers was reacting with outrage at a prosecutor’s ...
fullDate time-to-read.short-label Mom and Family Outraged as Bx DA Declines to Charge Officers Who Killed Kawaski Trawick in His Home I am heartbroken and outraged that Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark has chosen not to charge the officers who killed my son.
fullDate time-to-read.short-label [Black Star News] Eric Garners Mother: "There's Unfinished Business" Mayor, NYPD Want To Hide "It's been over 6 years since the NYPD killed my son, and it's been over 6 years of cover-ups and delays by Mayor de Blasio, the NYPD and...
