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Tag: Police Misconduct
Report tallies how much taxpayers have paid out in Baltimore police misconduct cases
A new report tallies up the amount of money paid out by Baltimore City taxpayers to settle police misconduct cases.
— Read on www.wbaltv.com/article/report-payout-baltimore-police-misconduct-cases/30733232
Black And Hispanic NYPD Officers Reveal ‘Collars For Dollars’ Arrest Quotas In Discrimination Lawsuit Against The Police Department – Blavity News
“It was emphasized that we needed to stop male Blacks. Those were the ones Tsachas wanted to go to jail,” former officer Pierre Maximilien’s sworn affidavit reads.
— Read on blavity.com/black-and-hispanic-nypd-officers-reveal-collars-for-dollars-arrest-quotas-in-discrimination-lawsuit-against-the-police-department
Jennifer E. Cobbina: Hands Up, Don’t Shoot — this is not a pipe podcast
This is an interesting podcast. It is a nice discussion about Professor Cobbina’s book which I’m in the midst of completing.
I have a different reaction to the book than the author of the podcast.
Many people are obviously aware that this nation was founded on a system
of slavery, but what many people don’t know is that the origins of policing
in the United States can be traced to the institution of slavery.”
— Read on www.tinapp.org/episodes/handsup
California’s Criminal Cops: Dozens of convicted police officers stay on the job
California’s weak laws on police misconduct do almost nothing to stop convicted cops from carrying a badge.
— Read on www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/10/californias-criminal-cops-convicted-but-stay-on-the-job/
Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion | NOVA | PBS | NOVA | PBS
According to new research, reassigning police officers with a history of misconduct makes it more likely that their new peers will also misbehave.
— Read on www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/police-misconduct-peer-effects/
Biased and Abusive: The harmful effects of everyday NYPD practices | by PROP
This report serves as another reminder that every day that NYC’s political leaders sidestep this issue, our so-called criminal justice system continues its abusive and discriminatory practices. It is a painful irony that the people targeted by “broken windows” policing make up the very constituency representing the political base of the city’s leaders proud to call themselves progressives……
www.policereformorganizingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PROP-Summer-Fall-2018-Report.pdf
When Prosecutors Bury Police Lies – The Appeal
Court records and interviews with former prosecutors show that internal assessments of police dishonesty are rarely memorialized, potentially violating the rights of people charged in criminal cases and sometimes keeping the records of bad cops clean.
— Read on theappeal.org/prosecutors-police-lies/
Dozens of Philadelphia police were reinstated after top brass tried to fire them. Once-secret records show how it keeps happening
The records reveal how the police arbitration system overturned the firings or discipline of more than 100 questionable Philadelphia cops.
— Read on www.inquirer.com/news/a/philadelphia-police-problem-union-misconduct-secret-20190912.html
Baltimore Police praised and promoted Gun Trace Task Force leader despite complaints, allegations of misconduct
3 part series. Baltimore Police misconduct and the Gun Trace Task Force.
