Police Transparency and Accountability
New Bill In Albany Could Prevent New York Police From Hiding Their Abuse
In June 2020 state legislators took a historic step meant to end New York’s time as the most secretive state in the country when ...
LAPD Using “Extensive” Social Media Surveillance With Little Oversight
Photos: ACLU\Twitter The Los Angeles Police Department authorizes its officers to engage in extensive surveillance of social media without internal monitoring of the nature ...
Police Accountability: Justice Department Announces Investigation Into Phoenix Police Department
Photos: YouTube\Twitter WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division announced Thursday that the ...
Report: Racial Bias Evident In San Diego Policing Practices Including In Traffic Stops And Use Of Force
Photos: YouTube Continuing to promote transparency and accountability in police data, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Police Chief David Nisleit and the Center for ...
Ronald Greene Murder: Urban League Leaders Demand Termination and Arrest of Troopers
Photos: YouTube\Twitter The leaders of the National Urban League, Urban League of Louisiana and other civil rights and social justice organizations Thursday demanded the ...
George Floyd: We Must Address False Concept of Police Exceptionalism that Created Derek Chauvin
Photo: YouTube\Twitter Tuesday’s verdict — convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all three charges against him for the murder of George Floyd ...
NY City Council Unveils Plans To Implement Police Accountability Inside NYPD And Redefine Public Safety
Photo: Wikimedia Commons The New York City Council Friday announced it will introduce a legislative package of 11 bills and one resolution aimed at ...
New York Judge Rules Against Schenectady Police Attempt to Suppress Officer’s Disciplinary Records
Photos: YouTube Schenectady Police police officer Brian Pommer brutalized–and knelt on the neck–of Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud (above) in July, after the murder of George Floyd. ...
What You Need to Know About Police Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions
[Police Misconduct & Wrongful Convictions] Innocence Project: “The Innocence Project is working to pass state laws to address police misconduct through greater transparency and ...
