NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton to Announce Resignation
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton will resign today, ABC News reports, just a week after Bratton announced he would retire in 2017.
Newark Agrees to Sweeping Police Reforms in Settlement with Justice Department
On Wednesday, federal officials announced a settlement agreement with the Newark Police Department, following a three-year investigation that found, amongst other things, that officers failed to provide sufficient reason for nearly 75 percent of pedestrian stops.
Three Strikes for Cops: A Proposal
“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me but it can keep him from lynching me and I think that is pretty important.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Wall Street Journal, November 13, 1962
Eric Holder: "We, as a Nation, Have Failed"
In a candid interview published in New York magazine, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder spoke with MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid about his tenure as President Obama’s top justice official.
Here's More Proof the NYPD Is Unfairly Targeting Blacks and Latinos
"This isn't a race issue." That's the most common response I've gotten in the past three weeks when talking about police brutality. And while that is partially true —this isn't just a racial issue—blacks and Latinos do face a greater threat from the police force here in New York City. That the most recent…
