Monifa Bandele
NYPD: Stop-And-Frisk Plaintiffs Asking For Community Input In Monitoring Of Court Ordered Reform Measures
Photos: ACLU\YouTube Thursday, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits that challenged the New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s stop-and-frisk and trespass-enforcement practices, and ...
Police Unions Seek to Block NYPD Misconduct Records in Second Circuit Court Case
Photos: YouTube The Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case brought by New York City police unions (along with corrections and ...
Eric Garner: Court Rejects de Blasio, NYPD Bid to Stop Public Judicial Inquiry into Killing
Photo: YouTube In October, the City of New York filed a notice of appeal of NY Supreme Court Justice Joan A. Madden’s September 24, ...
Eric Garner’s Mother: “There’s Unfinished Business” Mayor, NYPD want to Hide
[Carr v. de Blasio] Gwen Carr: “Mayor de Blasio and his people want to make it seem like everything has been dealt with, but ...
WHY IS CUOMO TRYING TO ROLLBACK BAIL REFORM?
[No Bail Reform Rollbacks\COVID-19] Governor Andrew Cuomo is focusing on using the state’s budget process to undermine bail reform. Proposals to walk back bail ...
NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
[New York News\MTA] Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: “Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should ...
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES CELEBRATE NEW BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD PUNISH POLICE WHO LIE
[New York News\Criminal Justice] Monifa Bandele, spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform Action Fund (CPRAF). “New Yorkers saw through the police union games ...
ERIC GARNER’S FAMILY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES SLAM DE BLASIO FOR COVER-UP IN GARNER’S KILLING
[Police Misconduct\Eric Garner] “Justice requires transparency. There is no legitimate law enforcement reason why — five years later — Mr. Garner’s family, criminal justice ...
Deflecting Corruption Investigation NYPD’s Bratton Demonizes Recorders of Police Abuse
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton [Op-Ed] Communities United for Police Reform responds to Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim that civilians documenting the police are an “epidemic” ...
By Linking Garner-Protests To Cop Killings Bratton Could Invite Open Season Against Protestors
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton–what’s his agenda? Commissioner Bratton’s unconscionable statement yesterday at a NYPD promotion ceremony was reckless and wildly inaccurate. (Bratton said: “We ...
