The NYPD said it will use drones for the Labor Day weekend as the annual West Indian Day Parade is held in a move that harkens back to post-9/11 surveillance tactics.
The officer was suspended after video showed him beating a 12-year-old outside of a school.
The Brooklyn subway shooting happened despite a "record" number of NYPD police officers being assigned to patrol the city's train stations as crime has surged in the world's largest rapid transit system.
Despite the threats that some 10,000 NYPD officers would quit over New York City's vaccine mandate for municipal workers, the actual number of officers placed on unpaid leave after refusing the shot stands at only 34 cops.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, who has his own history of racial profiling that may be inspiring his ranks to disproportionately target Black and brown people.
13-year-old Zyairr Davis will remain behind bars without bail.
Former New York City Mayor and current Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said he had “no idea” if the corrupt NYPD officers who handled the Central Park 5 case "acted in good faith."
