Three African American women are taking legal action against the NYPD for falsely accusing them of stealing a credit card and placing them in jail. In an interview with the NY Daily News, Kimmell McIntosh and her cousins Melanie and Maxine Henry were enjoying a girls day at a Massage Envy in Brooklyn when they were […]
Brooklyn officials arraigned Peter Liang (pictured above) the officer who fatally shot Akai Gurley, in Kings County Supreme Court Wednesday, as Gurley’s family and supporters rallied outside. RELATED: UPDATED: NYPD Cop Indicted In Shooting Death of Akai Gurley [VIDEO] Liang’s arraignment came a day after the city announced he would be indicted for the November 20 incident, […]
Updated: February 10, 2015: Rookie NYPD officer Peter Liang was indicted Tuesday by a Brooklyn grand jury in last November’s deadly shooting of Akai Gurley in an unlit stairwell of a housing project, according to the New York Daily News. Liang will face criminal charges that can send him to prison for up to 15 years […]
Jahmiel Cuffee (pictured), a Brooklyn man who was recorded getting his head stomped by a NYPD officer, thanked the boro’s District Attorney for indicting police officer Joel Edouard, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: NYPD Officer Filmed Stomping On Man’s Head Indicted [VIDEO] “I’m very grateful to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office for taking the […]
Officials have indicted Brooklyn officer Joel Edouard (pictured center) for video of him stomping on Jahmiel Cuffee‘s head last summer, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Tamir Rice’s Parents File Amended Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit Video of the incident begins with Edouard holding Cuffee in a chokehold, apparently in his driveway. He and another officer soon […]
A Brooklyn jury has awarded former N.Y.C. Corrections Department chaplain Christopher Graham (pictured left of center)$4 million in damages, after an officer broke his leg, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Shaquille O’ Neal Is South Florida Po-Po Officers received a 911 call to Graham’s Crown Heights apartment in September 2010. The Mother of Graham’s three […]
Officials arrested a Brooklyn teenager for creating emojis showing a gun to a police officer’s head, DNAinfo reports. SEE ALSO: Willow Smith At Center Of Seemingly Topless Instagram Officers cuffed Osiris Aristy (pictured) last Sunday in his Bushwick apartment for using the symbols in a way causing “New York City police to fear for their safety,” per a […]
Cartoonist and illustrator Barry Blitt is best known for his work with The New Yorker, and his latest cover for the magazine depicts Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a re-imagining of images seen in photos from the Selma-To-Montgomery march events. In the illustration, Rev. King is seen walking — arms locked — with slain Staten […]
Last week’s 24-hour Grand Central die-in protests included two arrests, Reverend Billy Talen and Marc Train, for allegedly assaulting MTA officers. RELATED: #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Occupy Grand Central For 24 Hours As a result, the MTA decided to enforce its ban on die-ins, demonstrations where protesters lie down as if dead, but that didn’t go over well with […]
An informant has notified the NYPD of a potential plot to attack cops in the Bronx, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: NYPD Turns Back On N.Y.C. Mayor Again At Cop’s Funeral Latin Kings gang members have allegedly planned to assault officers at the W. Farms Road and E. Tremont Avenue intersection in the borough’s Castle Hill neighborhood, […]
New York City has agreed to reform stop and frisk police procedures in NYCHA public housing, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Eric Garner’s Daughter, Brother Release Rap Song Dedicated To Him The agreement stems from Davis v. City Of New York, a class action lawsuit that NYCHA residents filed against the city over […]
GOP leaders have vowed to continue to challenge President Barack Obama on several issues. On Wednesday, The White House issued more vetoes against top-priority legislation of the predominately Republican Congress. One of the major changes that the GOP leaders are looking to make is to the Affordable Care Act, which would change the requirements of […]
