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Judge Clears Stop-Frisk Class Action

TAMER EL-GHOBASHY, MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL AND SEAN GARDINER The Wall Street Journal 05/16/2012
Judge Clears Stop-Frisk Class Action

A lawsuit alleging racial bias in the New York Police Department's so-called stop-and-frisk tactics will proceed under class-action status, clearing the way for thousands of plaintiffs to be added to the legal challenge and potentially widening the scope of court-ordered changes if the lawsuit is successful.

Two Officers Involved In Sean Bell Shooting Resign From NYPD

Detectives Marc Cooper and Mike Oliver, two police detectives involved in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell, officially ended their careers with the NYPD on Monday.

Documents show NYPD infiltrated liberal groups - Wall Street Journal

Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism tactics to monitor even lawful activities.

Councilman says NYC can't oversee police spy unit

Nobody in New York government has the expertise and authority to oversee the police department's secret intelligence operations, a leading city councilman says, raising questions about what checks exist on a department that has infiltrated mosques and subjected entire Muslim neighborhoods to surveillance and scrutiny.

Judge allows challenge to New York "stop and frisk"

Basil Katz Reuters India 08/31/2011
NYPD chief: Police could take down plane if needed

The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary.

Judge allows challenge to New York "stop and frisk"

A lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" will go to trial, a U.S. judge said.

CIA denies helping police spy on New York Muslims

Central Intelligence Agency is denying a news report that it has helped the New York Police Department conduct covert surveillance on Muslims. The agency said suggestions that it engaged in domestic spying were "simply wrong."

Cop accused of rape says he is being targeted because jury acquitted officers in high-profile case

The cop arrested for raping a woman at gunpoint fears the Manhattan District Attorney will throw the book at him because a jury acquitted two other cops accused of rape earlier this year.

Off-duty NYPD cop arrested mid-crime, charged with raping school teacher at gunpoint

Kerry Wills, John Doyle AND Rocco Parascandola New York Daily News 08/19/2011

NYPD kills gunman in standoff as East New York struggles with a 21% increase in gun violence

Barry Paddock, Rocco Parascandola and John Lauinger New York Daily News 06/20/2011
Off-duty NYPD cop arrested mid-crime, charged with raping school teacher at gunpoint

A drunken, off-duty cop threatened a teacher at gunpoint Friday, forced her into the backyard of an upper Manhattan building and raped her, cops said.

NYPD kills gunman in standoff as East New York struggles with a 21% increase in gun violence

A gunman fleeing a botched rubout at a Brooklyn tire shop was cornered by cops and shot dead as he made a foolish final stand, authorities said.


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