The New York Civil Liberties Union’s criticism of the police department came a day after NYPD officials failed to show up for a hearing focused on the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, a unit that has faced attacks for the aggressive tactics it used in civil rights protests over George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The hearing, which was held at City Hall and grew heated several times, focused on the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, a unit often used to respond to civil unrest and which played a controversial role in the George Floyd protests that roiled the city two years ago.