NEW YORK Nearly 150 officers violated New York Police Department rules during George Floyd protests and the tally would likely be substantially higher were it not for officers covering their badge numbers and their supervisors losing track of where they were assigned, according to a scathing report released Monday by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
During the 2020 protests, 146 cops violated NYPD rules 269 times, with 34 demonstrators struck with batons, 28 pepper-sprayed and 59 roughed up with physical force, the report says.
De Blasio was admonished by ethics board for using city staff and phone for politicking His underlings weren t so lucky brooklyneagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from brooklyneagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the new committee would proactively work to correct wrongful convictions in cases brought by its office and in other state and federal jurisdictions.
For years, NYCHA management ignored a 2018 DOI recommendation to ban lithium-ion battery powered devices in public housing. Three people, including a 5-year-old girl today, have been killed in related fires since.