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Spectrum’s NY1 reports:
New York State Attorney General Letitia James is suing the New York City Police Department in an effort to install a federal monitor to oversee them. The lawsuit comes after the AG’s office found widespread civil rights abuses by police against Black Lives Matter protesters over the summer.
This marks the first time in state history the state attorney general has sued the NYPD.
The move follows scathing reports by the city Department of Investigation and Law Department that found the NYPD abused authority, used excessive force, had insufficient training and First Amendment issues during the protests.
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🚨NEW: @TishJames is filing a lawsuit today against the NYPD seeking to install a federal monitor to oversee the department. The suit stems from the #BlackLivesMatter protests over the Summer. The AG’s office found widespread civil rights abuses by police against protesters.
— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) January 14, 2021
Sources say AG recommending federal monitor for #NYPD on heels of #NYC’s Dept of Investigation & Law Dept issuing scathing reports. Agencies found NYPD abused authority, used excessive force, had insufficient training & 1st Amendment issues during #BlackLivesMatter #protests.
— Dean Meminger (@DeanMeminger) January 14, 2021
As AG @TishJames is expected to recommend federal monitor for #NYPD, the department already has a federal monitor overseeing its stop, question and frisk practice. In 2013 a federal judge ruled cops violated the constitutional rights of #Blacks and #Hispanics with stop & frisk.
— Dean Meminger (@DeanMeminger) January 14, 2021