New York City can go ahead with an agreement to overhaul how the Police Department handles demonstrations, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, rejecting arguments from the police officers’ union that the changes would endanger officers and the public. The judge, Colleen McMahon of U.S. District Court in Manhattan, said in her ruling that the […]
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New Deal Will Test Whether N.Y.P.D. Can Alter Its Response to Protests
Protesters were thousands-thick in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village when the police moved in with horses and nightsticks. The tactics were described by a labor leader as “an orgy of brutality” and brought a public outcry demanding that police officials be fired. This was not a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, or […]
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