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WATCH: De Blasio announces policy mandating release of NYC police body-cam footage

By 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…

NYPD closes controversial anti-crime unit amid calls for reform

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.

New York passes bill to unveil police disciplinary records

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.

Where Eric Garner died, changes in NYPD policing win little applause

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.

WATCH: NYPD fires officer for 2014 death of Eric Garner

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.

Clinton meeting with top law enforcement leaders in New York

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

Clinton campaign aides said she will meet in New York with eight leading law enforcement leaders on Thursday.

News Wrap: Obama renews case for TPP; more DNC resignations

By PBS News Hour

In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama renewed his case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal both presidential candidates have disavowed. Also, the Associated Press reports that the Democratic National Committee’s chief executive has resigned and that other staff…

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NYPD settles two lawsuits over post-9/11 surveillance of Muslims

By Corinne Segal

For the first time in more than 10 years, a civilian representative will monitor counter-terrorism efforts at the New York Police Department.

Mourners gather in Brooklyn to honor life of slain NYPD officer

By Elisabeth Ponsot

Tens of thousands of mourners convened on Sunday for the funeral of New York City Police Department officer Wenjian Liu, who was killed alongside his partner, Rafael Ramos, on Dec. 20 by a man who claimed to be acting in…

Gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley wanted revenge for recent police killings

By Carey Reed

The man who shot and killed two New York Police Department officers in Brooklyn Saturday expressed anger against the government for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown on social media and had previously attempted suicide, officials said Sunday.