Tag Archives: NYPD

NYPD Doubles NYC Pride Protection

In response the ongoing spree of anti-gay hate crimes, the NYPD has doubled the usual number of officers for tomorrow’s gay pride parade. The surge of officers will include twice the usual amount of plainclothes cops assigned to the area, where several gay people have been attacked since the beginning of the year, police said. “There’s been concern, rightfully so, …

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NEW YORK CITY: Anti-Violence Project Calls Press Conference On Alleged Anti-Gay Violence By NYPD

Via press release: The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) will hold a Press Conference on Tuesday, June 11th at 2 pm in response to a bias-motivated assault of Josh Williams, Ben Collins, and Antonio Maenza, three openly gay men in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn on Sunday, June 3rd by New York Police Department (NYPD) officers. The survivors reported that they were …

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Mayor Bloomberg And NYPD Chief Hold Joint Press Conference On Hate Crimes

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Chief Ray Kelly last night held a joint press conference on the wave of violent anti-gay hate crimes sweeping New York City. From the mayor’s remarks: “Last Friday, the murder of a young man named Mark Carson shocked our city. He was murdered because of his sexual orientation – and only because of his sexual …

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NYPD Steps Up Patrols In Gayborhoods

In reaction to the continuing spree of anti-gay hate crimes, the NYPD announced today that they have increases patrols in the West Village, Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen. The patrols — which will feature mobile command units — were announced in response to the shooting death of Mark Carson, 32, Saturday, allegedly by a man spewing homophobic slurs. The increased police …

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NEW YORK CITY: Police Make Arrest In Strangling Murder Of Queens Gay Man

The NYPD has made an arrest in the murder of Queens school teacher David Rangel, who was found strangled in his home in January. Cecil Golden, 20, was charged Tuesday with the murder of David Rangel, 53 — who was found choked to death in his Jackson Heights apartment on Jan. 27, the sources said. Investigators initially suspected that Rangel …

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Arrest Made In NYC Gay Murder

New York City police have arrested a 22 year-old man in connection to one of the three strangling murders of middle-aged gay men that have occurred in the last two weeks. The victim, Joseph Benzinger, 54, of Middle Village, was found with a shirt wrapped around his neck Saturday night in a room at the Crown Motor Inn on Queens …

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NYPD Gives Finger To NYCLU

I recently wrote about the smartphone app that allows users to record interactions with the NYPD and send the video directly to the NYCLU.  The app launches officially today and the NYCLU has posted the below response from two New York City cops.

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BROOKLYN: Gay Man Accuses NYPD Of Beating Him During Party Arrest

The New York Times reports that a Brooklyn gay man has accused the NYPD of shouting anti-gay epithets while beating him during an arrest following their attempt to shut down an allegedly loud party at his home. The man, Jabbar Campbell, 32, held a news conference on Thursday at which he showed videotaped images captured by security cameras that he …

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NYPD To Plant GPS Chips In Pill Bottles

As part of their campaign against the black market for prescription narcotics, the NYPD will today announce a plan to hide GPS tracking chips in “bait bottles” to be placed on pharmacy storage shelves. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly was expected to unveil the plan Tuesday at a La Quinta, Calif., conference on health issues hosted by former President Bill Clinton’s …

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Punched Occupy Protester Sues NYPD

You may recall the video I posted in 2011 which clearly showed an Occupy Wall Street protester being sucker-punched by a member of the NYPD. Yesterday the victim filed a federal lawsuit. Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona punched Felix Rivera-Pitre — an HIV-positive activist — in the face, ripping an earing from his ear during an Oct. 14, 2011 protest in …

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NEW YORK CITY: Judge Rules NYPD’s Stop-And-Frisk Is Unconstitutional

A federal judge today ruled that the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional in some circumstances. Under the policy, cops target “suspicious” citizens on the street and search them for weapons and drugs. Unshockingly, white New Yorkers are rarely considered “suspicious.” The lawsuit, Ligon v. the City of New York, is one of three related cases involving stop-and-frisk practices before …

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Does Christine Quinn Have Secret Deal To Keep NYPD Chief Ray Kelly Out Of Race?

The New York Post sure thinks so. The police commissioner and council speaker have cut a private deal that will keep him as top cop for a fourth consecutive mayoral term with a Quinn victory in the November race to succeed Mike Bloomberg, sources said. Confidants in both camps confirmed the secret pact — which will bolster Quinn’s anti-crime credentials …

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NYPD: It Gets Better

(Via Advocate)

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Tourist Sues NYC Over “Lucky Bag” Sting

A tourist has filed a $1M lawsuit against New York City after he was arrested during a “lucky bag” sting in Central Park.  In the operation, police left popular electronics or handbags containing cash on park benches, then lurked nearby to see who would turn the found items in. Yakov Dubin, 49, says he was wrongly collared by police after …

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Mona Eltahawy Is Out Of Jail

Mona Eltahawy was released from the NYPD’s Central Booking this afternoon after being held for 22 hours following her arrest for defacing one of Pam Geller’s anti-Islam billboards in the Times Square subway station. She’s been charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti. Her tweets since being released are interesting.

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NEW YORK: Journalist Mona Eltahawy Arrested For Defacing Pam Geller’s Anti-Islam Subway Billboard

Well-known activist/journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested tonight after spray-painting one of Pam Geller’s anti-Islam billboards in the Times Square subway station. One of Geller’s supporters was apparently lurking nearby and attempted to intervene, spurring a shoving confrontation with Eltahawy, who was also arrested during last year’s riots in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, where she suffered a broken arm and hand during …

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NYPD Increases Subway Security As Pam Geller’s Anti-Islam Ads Get Defaced

Pam Geller’s anti-Islam ads have only been up for a couple of days in New York’s subway and the NYPD has already had to increase security in the stations that feature the billboards, some of which were defaced within hours of going up. Riders also said the ads make them fear for their safety, because the subways have long been …

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NYPD At Apple Stores

Gothamist reports that the NYPD is working the massive lines outside today’s iPhone 5 launch at Manhattan’s Apple stores. The cops are there to help folks register their phones as part of a campaign to thwart the rash of robberies on the subway. Operation ID is provided to the public at no cost. Officers register the serial number of valuable …

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NYPD Slays Knife-Wielding Madman
As Times Square Tourists Flee

Yesterday the NYPD pepper-sprayed then shot and killed a man who had threatened them with a massive knife after they accosted him for smoking marijuana. Via the New York Daily News: A deranged knife-wielding man was gunned down by police near Times Square Saturday after a bizarre backward chase in broad daylight that sent terrified tourists scrambling for safety. The …

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Ruben Diaz: I Support Stop-And-Frisk

New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz, who is black and Hispanic, supports the racist stop-and frisk policy of the NYPD. Posted yesterday to his official state website: We cannot allow the killing to continue. We cannot allow the violence to continue. We cannot continue to tell parents of innocent victims “I’m sorry and I feel your pain,” while practically giving …

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