

Nation Oct 26

Two civil rights organizations are suing New York City on behalf of protesters who say they were roughed up by police officers because they expressed anti-police views during nightly demonstrations in the spring in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Nation Aug 31

The New York Police Department is unveiling a discipline matrix that will guide decisions on officer punishment similarly to how sentencing guidelines are used in criminal cases.
By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Nation Aug 21

With scores of disciplinary records already online, a federal judge on Friday lifted a temporary restraining order that had barred New York City's police watchdog agency, police department and other entities from making such information public.
By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Politics Aug 14

Trump is stepping up his attacks on Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and his newly minted running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. The latest salvos come amid a concerted effort by the president to raise doubts about the Biden-Harris ticket's…
By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
A new policy will require New York City police to release all body camera footage of shootings and other use-of-force incidents that result in injury or death, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday in what he billed as another step…
Jun 15

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
New York City's police department is disbanding the unit involved in Eric Garner's 2014 chokehold death, Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday amid a nationwide reckoning for policing in the wake of George Floyd's death last month in Minneapolis.
Jun 08

By Marina Villeneuve, Michael R. Sisak, Jim Mustian, Associated Press
New York lawmakers are poised to overhaul a decades-old law protecting police disciplinary records that has long been among the nation's most secretive.
Aug 22

By Verena Dobnik, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
In the years since Eric Garner's death, use-of-force complaints against the NYPD have fallen sharply, but residents say officers are finding new low-level targets.
Aug 19

By Tom Hays, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Police Commissioner James O'Neill's announced at a midday news conference that he had fired Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who is white, based on a recent recommendation of a department disciplinary judge.
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