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Shouting match erupts after NYPD judge tries to toss charge against cops in fatal Bronx shooting

NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemary Maldonaldo was on the bench during the Daniel Pantaleo trial in 2019.
04/24/2023
NEW YORK POST

An NYPD judge ruled to toss trespassing charges against the officers at the center of a fatal 2019 shooting in The Bronx — sparking a heated shouting match with attorneys for the city’s police watchdog before the cops’ disciplinary trialcould even get going on Monday.

The dramatic exchange between NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemary Maldonaldo and Civilian Complaint Review Board lawyer Andre Applewhite erupted just minutes into the first day of trial for Officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis in the death of 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick. 

COMMUNITY GROUPS, LEADERS, POLITICIANS, PUSH FOR POLICE REFORM LEGISLATION DURING CITY HALL MEETING

03/20/2023
Black Star News

New York, NY - As the nation continues to grieve the brutal police killings of Tyre Nichols and Anthony Lowe Jr. and grapple with a path towards meaningful police reform, families who’ve lost loved ones to the NYPD and other directly impacted New Yorkers, advocates and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall to push for passage of vital police transparency legislation and call for action to strengthen NYPD accountability.

Rally outside City Hall calls for more transparency from NYPD

02/08/2023
News12

Following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police officers in Memphis, advocates and City Council members are calling on the NYPD to provide more transparency in their operations.  

The reform advocates were joined by community organizations outside City Hall on Wednesday, demanding new legislation be passed that would force police to report more of their interactions with the public. 

Family of Delrawn Small demands firing of NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs following meeting with CCRB

02/10/2022
Amsterdam News

Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey, siblings of Delrawn Small, Communities United for Police Reform, and the Justice Committee are demanding that NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs, who killed Small in 2016, be fired. The group met with the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) regarding the case.

The city has Adams’ back…well, some of it

01/13/2022
Amsterdam News

With the Bill de Blasio era in the rearview mirror, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has quickly established himself at City Hall. But there’s a line of demarcation between what elected officials hope to get out of the next four years and what some activists expect they will get.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said that Adams is more than capable of handling the big problems.

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