Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Police Misconduct

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Chivalry Is Dead on 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 12, 2010 | 38 Comments

The officers who parked here apparently aren’t the type to help old ladies cross the street. Photo: ddartley/Flickr Thanks to tipster ddartley for the latest chapter in NYPD’s ongoing mistreatment of bus riders on 34th Street. Yesterday, eight cruisers from northern Queens (precincts 110, 111, 112, 114 and 115) sat parked in the bus lane […]

Why Car Chases Are Never Worth the Risk

By Peter Moskos | Mar 2, 2010 | 8 Comments

Peter Moskos is a former Baltimore police officer and an assistant professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. A version of this essay also appeared on his blog, Cop in the Hood, and in the West Side Spirit. Karen Schmeer, a friend of a dear friend, was killed on January 29 while carrying […]

NYPD Admits Error in Pedestrian Death, Says Chases Off-Limits

By Noah Kazis | Feb 18, 2010 | 13 Comments

Karen Schmeer. Image: New York Times The NYPD is no longer denying its involvement — or error — in the January 29 car chase that ended with the death of Karen Schmeer on the Upper West Side. At a meeting of the 24th Precinct’s community council, Deputy Inspector Kathleen O’Reilly laid out the police’s official […]

Brooklyn Cop Dishes Out Disorderly Conduct Charge to Cyclist Who Ran Red

By Noah Kazis | Feb 4, 2010 | 42 Comments

Jeff Geisinger’s disorderly conduct summons. When Jeff Geisinger biked through a red light on Atlantic Avenue last October, he knew that he might get a traffic ticket. So when a cop pulled him over, he wasn’t surprised. He just didn’t expect to be handed a summons for disorderly conduct, a criminal violation. What Geisinger did […]

Streetfilms Shorties: NYPD Blockage on Manhattan Bridge Approach

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2009 | 18 Comments

The debut Streetfilms Shortie caught an errant scooter blocking a bike lane. This time it’s New York’s Finest, camped out in the Manhattan Bridge bike path at Canal and Chrystie. A half-step forward, two steps back.

Cops on Scooters Trail Greenway Cyclists

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2009 | 14 Comments

May’s Bike Month Critical Mass reportedly drew more participants than usual, and NYPD responded by handing out a passel of trumped-up summonses. No surprise there, but as this video (from glassbeadian via Gothamist) shows, officers on scooters went so far as to follow riders down the Hudson River Greenway. Barbara Ross of Time’s Up thinks […]

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