WHY IS CUOMO TRYING TO ROLLBACK BAIL REFORM?
Governor Andrew Cuomo is focusing on using the state’s budget process to undermine bail reform. Proposals to walk back bail reform include allowing discretion for judges to decide…
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NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: "Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should cancel his order for the MTA to…
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES CELEBRATE NEW BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD PUNISH POLICE WHO LIE
Monifa Bandele, spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform Action Fund (CPRAF). “New Yorkers saw through the police union games and voted overwhelmingly to allow the CCRB to…
ERIC GARNER’S FAMILY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES SLAM DE BLASIO FOR COVER-UP IN GARNER’S KILLING
“Justice requires transparency. There is no legitimate law enforcement reason why — five years later — Mr. Garner’s family, criminal justice advocates and the public do not have…
Deflecting Corruption Investigation NYPD’s Bratton Demonizes Recorders of Police Abuse
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton Communities United for Police Reform responds to Commissioner Bill Bratton’s claim that civilians documenting the police are an “epidemic” that escalates police violence against…
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 have been through quite…
Police Reform: Communities United Join Testify With Other Civil Rights Groups Before Obama Administration
Monifa Bandele Leaders of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) joined numerous advocates and experts to present testimony to President Obama’s administration on how to reform policing throughout…