The program would handle gun cases to serve one basic underlying purpose: to speed up gun convictions. Many, however, might not equate “fast tracking” with justice or due process.
New York’s Asian community was under-represented in the stop-and-frisk numbers under Mayor Bloomberg, and many of its leaders were skeptical about the program’s roll-back under Mayor de Blasio. A Chinese-language columnist asks whether that community is wary of a crime spike.
Guns are a hot topic nationally as well as in the city. A lot of that talk rightly focuses on systemic problems, like gun trafficking. But what about the “demand side” of the gun problem in New York?
Catch a noon press conference featuring a call for federal prosecutions in a police killing.
Op-ed: The rivalry between the current and former heads of the NYPD is well documented, but ultimately trivial to the real issues with policing.
NYCHA is bringing back the “Not Wanted” list, more cops are being assigned to address street homelessness and—in the wake of a cop’s death—the mayor is faulting criminal courts for leniency. This author wonders if this is a new Bill de Blasio, or just the real one.
There have been 26,000 fewer misdemeanor arrests in 2015 compared to the same period last year, with drug crimes and turnstile jumping among the crimes that have seen the biggest drop in busts.
In many low-level cases, cops are the only witnesses. So recent cases of officers lying in their reports or on the stand should give pause not just to judges but also to policymakers deciding between incremental change and wholesale reform of the system.
Dateline chronicles Johnny Hincapie’s ultimately successful quest for a new trial, which was first covered by City Limits.
The mayor, police commissioner and union president shared the podium at Harlem Hospital after the death of New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder.
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