...In total, DOI found: NYPD received nearly 2,500 biased complaints between 2014 and 2018 DOI investigated about a third of those – 888 Zero were substantiated by the NYPD “We were quite alarmed...
...“Despite a federal court finding, despite years and years of statistics that have shown severe and frankly unjustifiable racial disparities in who they are policing and how they are policing them...
...The Department of Investigation, an independent city watchdog, found officers received nearly 2,500 biased complaints between 2014 and 2018. A third of the cases were investigated by the DOI,...
Expresses Outrage at Justice Department Decision Not to File Civil Rights Charges Against Officer Responsible July 17, 2019, New York – Five years after the killing of Eric Garner by NYPD officer...
... "She talked about how it could benefit both sides of the encounter, particularly for these kinds of street encounters which are often at night time and there’s no one else around," said Darius...
Join Center for Constitutional Rights senior staff attorney, Chinyere Ezie , at the 2019 Lavender Law ® Conference & Career Fair as she the shifting nature of the...
...The NYPD anti-gang initiative also came as a class-action lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenged the department’s use of stop-and-frisk. In 2013, a federal judge...
Celebrates His Legacy In Inspiring Movements for Justice August 9, 2019, New York – Five years after the murder of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the Center for...
August 19, 2019, New York – In response to the announcement today that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has been fired for his use of an illegal chokehold that killed Eric Garner, the Center for...
... In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights said: "This is a long overdue modicum of justice for Eric Garner’s family, five years after Mr. Garner’s unjust killing. Now the NYPD must...