Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Police Brutality

The police officers who tried to run over anti-police-brutality protesters in several incidents on May 30, 2020 will now be held accountable.

Cops Who Rammed Squad Cars into Protesters Should be Charged, Says Oversight Agency

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 15, 2022 | No Comments

The cops who used their squad cars as deadly weapons to plow into a crowd of protesters during the Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020 should face disciplinary charges, the Civilian Complaint Review Board has declared.

SAY CHEESE: Officer Jessica Ricotta of the 114th Precinct writing a ticket to an e-bike delivery worker for following the LPI. Photo: Twitter

NYPD’s Racial Bias in Ticketing Cyclists Continued Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments

The NYPD’s history of disproportionately ticketing cyclists of color continued in 2021, new data show.

A cop used his bike to bash a protester in May 2020. Photo: File

LEGAL EASE: How I Got Secret NYPD Misconduct Reports — and How You Can, Too

By John Teufel | Jan 3, 2022 | No Comments

Some lessons from a lawyer who pushed the Civilian Complaint Review Board — and won.

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Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How Berkeley Is De-Policing Traffic Enforcement

By Rigel Robinson | Oct 16, 2021 | No Comments

Consistent with Vision Zero principles, we want to ensure all street users feel and are safe from harm while in public space. To achieve this vision we have a duty to work to end police violence associated with traffic enforcement.

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Chevy Colorado vs. Audi A3

By Kea Wilson | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

There's nothing funny about all the ways that excessive driving harms our society...but car companies still try to get a few jokes in here and there.

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Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half

By Streetsblog | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.

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