State Attorney General Calls for Stripping N.Y.P.D. Control From Mayor
Source: New York Times
er in Brooklyn pulled down a protesters mask and pepper-sprayed him. Another officer shoved a young woman to the ground, knocking her head against the pavement and giving her a concussion. An officer in Manhattan pulled a gun and waved it at protesters after one of his colleagues was hit in the head with an thrown object.
These incidents were described in a lengthy report that the state attorney general released Wednesday after hearings into the Police Departments handling of recent protests against police brutality and racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Saying the protests had shaken New Yorkers belief in the Police Department, the attorney general, Letitia James, recommended that an independent panel not the mayor should appoint the police commissioner and oversee the hiring and firing of officers.
It is impossible to deny that many New Yorkers have lost faith in law enforcement, Ms. James said during a call with reporters to discuss her findings. I believe we need to bridge the undeniable divide between police and the public.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/nyregion/letitia-james-nypd-reforms.html
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)that will make for an interesting new season of Blue Bloods....
The Magistrate
(95,257 posts)With regard to police, there must be a reckoning. Particularly in how they treat people exercise their First Amendment right of peaceable assembly.
"I don't see no riot here! Why you all in riot gear?"
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Clock is ticking towards April 1
Red Mountain
(1,739 posts)Who do they answer to?
Me.
(35,454 posts)especially as the mayor is now slow walking reforms because police brass don't like them