NYPD

Rob Brown, 29 (pictured above), a Brooklyn-based actor who starred in Finding Forrester with Sean Connery and in HBO’s Treme, says he was handcuffed in Macy’s Herald Square for shopping while Black and has filed a lawsuit against the department store and the NYPD, reports the New York Post. SEE ALSO: Jay Z Issues Statement On […]

Craig Wright (pictured center), a fourth biker involved in the Washington Heights attack against Alexian Lien (pictured below) and his family, was arrested Monday, the New York Daily News reports. Authorities apprehended Wright from his Canarsie home. RELATED: Undercover NYPD Cop Present At NY Biker Attack Lien was dragged from the vehicle and beaten by […]

Two months after she died in a holding cell at Brooklyn’s Central Bookings, family and friends of Kyam Livingston (pictured below left) rallied in Brooklyn to bring justice to her case Saturday. SEE ALSO: Chicago Shooting Shows Gap In Stepped-Up Policing Son Alexander (pictured center), mother Anita Neil (pictured left of Alexander),  and sister Ashanta (pictured right) lead a procession through […]

The Stop Mass Incarceration Network (pictured above) rallied outside the Bronx Criminal Courthouse Wednesday morning, protesting Jeffeth James‘ (pictured) vicious encounter with the NYPD last year. SEE ALSO: Suge Knight Arrested…Again! On March 12, 2012, James was driving through Soundview neighborhood, when officers reportedly stopped him for allegedly having a damaged tail light. But what […]

A Bronx, N.Y., man filed a lawsuit against the NYPD Thursday, alleging an NYPD cruiser bumped his dirt bike from behind, causing serious injury. SEE ALSO: Happy Birthday, Whitney Houston Leonel Cuevas (pictured far right) was a passenger on the dirt bike as it rode through the South Bronx last October. Officers Sabrina Alicea and Walkiria Velez […]

The 9mm black Astra pistol (pictured above) used by Bronx youth Shaaliver Douse (pictured below) was initially purchased at a Kentucky sporting goods store in 1999, according to police sources. RELATED: Shaaliver Douse: 14-Year-Old Bronx Teen Shot Dead By Police Douse was reportedly chasing and shooting at another teen with the weapon in Melrose around […]

Shaaliver Douse (pictured), a 14-year-old who allegedly fired at an unidentified target, was shot dead by police after he ignored commands to drop his weapon, according to the NY Daily News. SEE ALSO: Illegal Buttocks Injections Main, Kill Women The incident happened early Sunday morning in the Bronx’s Melrose section. Two “rookie” officers on patrol heard […]

An NYPD officer gave a powerful assist to a class-action lawsuit against stop and frisk Thursday, according to a New York Daily News article. RELATED: NYPD Cop: I’m Labeled A Rat Because I Spoke Out Against ‘Stop And Frisk’ Officer Pedro Serrano (pictured), who also testified in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday, secretly recorded deputy inspector […]

An NYPD cop allegedly punched his 3-year-old son in the face after “recklessly drinking,” The New York Daily News reports. Jason Sharp, a 10-year veteran of the New York Police Department, has been suspended for 30 days and charged with third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The toddler was “hospitalized with swelling […]

A Bronx Mother is threatening a $250-million lawsuit against the NYPD for handcuffing her son, Wilson Reyes (pictured), to a police precinct wall for six hours in December. RELATED: ‘School-To-Prison Pipeline’ Debate Reignites With NYPD Cuffing Of 7-Year-Old According to the New York Daily News, the 7-year-old (pictured) was arrested and held for allegedly punching […]

NYPD Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly revealed plans for his department Wednesday to test a high-tech device that could cut down on the number of “Stop And Frisks” in the city. RELATED: “Stop And Frisk” Isn’t Solving Crime. It’s Part Of The Problem The Terahertz Imaging Detection machine (pictured) reads terahertz, radioactive energy that people and […]

The Brooklyn DA’s Office will hire an independent expert to reconstruct the death of a Black man struck by a police car that was chasing him. It is a new development that raises doubts about the NYPD’s version of events that lead to 27-year-old Tamon Robinson‘s (pictured) death last April. The New York Daily News […]