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Cop Who Gunned Down Ramarley Graham Gets A Raise
NEW YORK -- The New York City police officer who shot and killed unarmed Bronx teen Ramarley Graham has received nearly $25,000 in raises since firing the fatal shot almost four years ago -- all while the NYPD and federal government drag out their investigations of the incident.
One Year After the Eric Garner Non-Indictment, Has Anything Changed?
On Thursday exactly a year ago, New York City was practically on fire. The startling decision last December 3 by a grand jury to not indict Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer behind the videotaped death of Eric Garner, blew the lid off a razzled metropolis whose citizens were already familiar with police brutality and discrimination. By then, of course, protests had spread across the country, due to the nearly concurrent decision with Michael Brown's case in Ferguson. In New York, as in Missouri, the anger was palpable—like you could reach out and touch it. And it stayed that way, for a while.
Police Reformers Slam ‘Despicable’ Bratton After He Blames Cop Killings on Protesters
A leading police reform group blasted NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton today for again blaming protesters for the murders of two police officers last December.
Bratton’s comment on protests infuriates police reform activists
Activists Call Bratton 'Dictatorial' for Opposing Police Reform Bill
Commissioner Bratton excoriated on opposition to police reform legistaltion in City Council
In response to comments NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton made at a Harvard Club breakfast November 17, Communities United for Police Reform released the following statement from spokesperson Monifa Bandele.
Democracy and legislative oversight may be inconvenient for Mr. Bratton’s dictatorial wants, but as the appointee of an elected official within that system of government he must respect them.
Bratton knocks Council, calls policing bills ‘destructive’ and ‘self-serving’
New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton likes the mayor but not the City Council — whose legislative efforts to tweak policing practices he derided Tuesday as “obstructive,” “destructive” and “unnecessary, intrusive and self-serving."
Speaking at a breakfast in Midtown hosted by the Citizens Budget Commission, Bratton blasted the lawmakers collectively as “a novice City Council."
Pitched Battle Over NYPD
Obama to visit Newark for criminal justice push
Video Shows NYPD Officer Tackling, Choking, and Pepper-spraying a Skateboarder
A New York Police Department officer tackled a skateboarder in Manhattan's Columbus Circle on Sunday, placing him in what appears to be a chokehold — a maneuver banned by the NYPD patrol guide — and then pepper-sprayed him in the face. The NYPD told VICE News that the incident is now under internal review.
The skateboarder, Queens College student Yibin Mu, posted a video of the incident on Youtube, and provided his own account of the encounter.