New Yorkers who are murdered are more likely than murder victims elsewhere to be stabbed. And women are more likely to die from a knife attack than a gun assault.…
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.
“Closing Rikers Island is a great idea – but we must have fully operational alternatives in place first, not just some half-baked notions that are destined to fail.”
The mayor, police commissioner and union president shared the podium at Harlem Hospital after the death of New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder.
The practice of “violence interruption” has spurred a lot of interest as a way to prevent bloodshed on city streets. A former gang member who leads one such effort says…
From Ferguson to Freddie Gray, the past year’s headlines have driven unprecedented attention to the question of how the media covers—or fails to cover—race. The latest episode of Brooklyn Independent…
The new Resilience Advocacy Project initiative will train teens all over the country as peer legal rights educators around stop & frisk and community policing.
