A woman recently received a $750,000 settlement after bringing a civil rights lawsuit in New York City. The woman (22-years-old at the time of the incident in 2018) filed the lawsuit after being shackled to a hospital bed with handcuffs around her wrists and ankles...
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NYPD Officers Accused of Padding Paychecks with False Arrests in New York
An investigative report by the non-profit ProPublica has uncovered yet another potential scandal for the NYPD. The independent news agency claims that multiple false arrests in New York City stem from a systemic abuse of power by individual officers—some of whom...
Noise Complaint Ends with Charges of Excessive Force in New York City
When the NYPD arrived on his doorstep, after responding to his call regarding an excessive noise complaint, instead diffusing the situation without violence, violence is exactly what they delivered. The man wants that the officers in question be reprimanded and all...
Officer Placed on Modified Duty After Allegation of Excessive Force in New York City
An NYPD officer was placed on modified duty after an incident of excessive force in New York City was captured on video. The individual was stripped of his badge and gun and taken off his normal patrol route after a weekend assignment as part of a team sent to enforce...
Is the NYPD Targeting Minorities in Corona Crackdowns?
Social distancing guidelines were put in place to protect everyone in NYC during this unprecedented pandemic but a watchdog report shows that those guidelines are likely not being enforced universally. Indeed, data shows that the NYPD has focused more aggressive forms...
Disproportionate Coronavirus Enforcement Hints at Civil Rights Violations in New York City
Several watchdog groups have suggested that the NYPD's enforcement of coronavirus lockdown measures has been tinged (if not motivated) by racial disparity and perhaps even racial profiling. Now, new data shows that-intentionally or not-minorities such as the black and...
Advocates Investigating Civil Rights Violations in NYC Prisons in Response to Health Crisis
Is New York City facing a Civil Rights crisis caused by the Coronavirus? "Aggregate communities" like those individuals who are hospitalized or in long-term care facilities have been hit the hardest by the health crisis of 2020 but another population-those...
New Civil Rights Lawsuit in New York Seeks to Reform Parole System
The Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union have filed a class-action lawsuit against the governor and the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in an attempt to reform a parole system that they deem irreparably broken. The...
Can Education Reduce Police Brutality in New York City?
A new educational program launched by the city is aimed at reducing confrontation between youths and NYPD officers. While the primary goal is to engender trust between the two groups, the program may also reduce the number of police brutality cases in New York...
Civil Right Cases in New York City Result in Nearly $54 Million Paid to Victims
A new website which tracks all the civil right lawsuits in New York City against the NYPD highlights not only the shocking number of cases filed against the city but the staggering amount of money it has paid out to victims in settlements over the recent past. Indeed,...