NYPD

Appearing in public for the first time since allegedly being slammed through a window by a New York City police officer, 14-year-old Javier Payne and his family joined Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday for a National Action Network rally and demanded justice, reports the New York Post. According to Payne’s family, the eighth-grader needed 50 stitches on his side and […]

Jessica Mera (pictured below), a woman shot dead by her husband in Queens earlier this month, was laid to rest Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: Retired NYPD Confesses To Fatally Shooting Wife Ten Times In Front Of Children According to the daughter of Mera, Mimi, a mourner told her to “put Mommy’s photo […]

Kevin Canty (pictured above), a retired New York City police officer, stands accused of fatally shooting his wife, Jessica Mera (pictured below), 40, ten times in front of their two children on Saturday morning after reportedly accusing her of sleeping with another police officer. According to the New York Daily News, Canty, who has confessed to the crime […]

  1. Don’t Do Depression Alone! This week the media world mourns the death of Karyn Washington, the 22-year-old writer of the popular motivational blog “For Brown Girls.” Brown, who began the blog three years ago aimed at helping women of darker skin complexions to love and accept themselves, is said to have committed suicide […]

A Queens, N.Y., man is suing the New York Police Department after surveillance video captures officers pepper-spraying him for apparently no reason and hurling a racial slur while inside of a police vehicle, the New York Daily News reports. Stefon Luckey, 34, who is Black, is seen in the video entering a Queens deli as […]

Tashmaya Gay (pictured) has received a $100,000 settlement from the city, after Denise Gay, her mother, was fatally shot by cops in Brooklyn during a shootout with criminal Leroy Webster, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Porsha Williams Gets Next To Nothing In Divorce Settlement Denise was shot in the head and collapsed in her […]

Video of a police stop in The Bronx has landed the NYPD under hot water, showing officers restraining and arresting a man who apparently was doing nothing wrong, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: GA Congressman Calls Out Obama For Judicial Picks The five minute clip, taken near Pelham Parkway on the BX12 […]

Medical and hospital records exclusively obtained by NewsOne bring into question reported facts surrounding the Kyam Livingston case. The documents contradict official news and NYPD reports regarding Livingston’s alcohol intake, her treatment in police custody and dying en-route to a hospital. RELATED: Kyam Livingston Supporters Continue Demonstrating In Brooklyn Initially, media outlets cited Livingston as […]

The fatal shooting of Queens rapper Mazaradi Fox (born Jamal Green, pictured) last month was revenge for a shooting he participated in 16 years ago, according to the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO: African Students Promote Continent Through Photo Campaign NYPD officers arrested Jamal Scott Tuesday for allegedly firing in to an SUV in […]

Krystle Silvera (pictured right) claims officers responding to a domestic violence complaint at her house broke her son’s leg and touched her inappropriately, reports the New York Daily News. Officers came to Silvera’s Flatbush home January 30th, looking for her ex-boyfriend who had allegedly violated an order of protection. According to a lawsuit Krystle filed, Silvera’s […]

Kang ChunWong (pictured), a man reportedly attacked and ticketed by NYPD officers for jaywalking, plans to sue the city for $5 million, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Judge: Remove Life Support For Pregnant Woman On January 19th, ChunWong was returning to his Upper West Side apartment when he reportedly crossed the street against the […]

The NYPD’s Civilian Complaint Review Board is prosecuting an officer for a wrongful stop and frisk, the first time it has ever done so, according to the New York Daily News. RELATED: How Will NYC’s Bill De Blasio Handle Stop And Frisk? Brooklyn resident Yahnick Martin claims he was waiting for his wife outside a […]