New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board exposed as accomplice of NYPD
More than nine months after New York City protests in the immediate aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota met with a brutal police response, including scores of injuries and mass arrests, ProPublica reports that the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) has released no reports from investigations into the hundreds of complaints lodged over police abuse in connection with those demonstrations and later ones in the course of the year.
The investigative journalism project begins its report on the lack of response this week by citing the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) rampage against peaceful protesters in the Bronx on June 4, reported at that time by the WSWS.
New NYPD Database Offers Narrow Glimpse At Police Disciplinary Records
arrow NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference in February. John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock
The NYPD released its first set of internal police disciplinary records on Monday, publishing an online database that critics say falls short of the sweeping transparency initiative that Mayor Bill de Blasio promised last year.
The release comes almost nine months after racial justice protests pushed state lawmakers to repeal a controversial statute, known as 50-a, that had for decades allowed police departments across New York to shield misconduct records from public view.