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May 11, 2024
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Obama Admin Criticized For Investing In Policing, Prisons Not Prevention, Communities
February 17, 2011
"If anything, now is the time to stop putting millions of our taxpayer dollars into more policing and more prisons." ...
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New York And 'Jim Crow Policing'
June 21, 2010
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NYC Sued Over Unlawful And Discriminatory Policing in Public Housing
January 29, 2010
Notably, these sweeps and checkpoints are only implemented in communities of color, such as NYCHA residences. As a result, New York City’s African-American and Latino residents bear the brunt of the NYPD’s unlawful activities. Indeed, evidence shows ...
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NYC ASIANS PROTEST VIOLENCE
September 01, 2016
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NY City Council Probes NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – The New York City Council Civil Rights Committee has started a series of public hearings to investigate the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk tactics. Residents appearing before the panel claim the police procedures mostly negatively impact on minority and gay people. ...
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Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police
September 08, 2011
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ...
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COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO
August 31, 2011
Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has given the go ahead to a lawsuit that challenged the city's stop-and-frisk policies as biased, especially toward Blacks and Hispanics. Judge Scheindlin said the allegations in the lawsuit were supported well enough to justify a trial to decide if New York's stop-and-frisk policies are legal. She said the trial can determine whether quotas prompted officers to stop suspects without just cause. She said the trial can also decide whether police leadership has failed to adequately train officers. ...
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Feds Launch Bias Probe Into LA Sheriff's Dept.
August 19, 2011
The Justice Department today announced it has opened a civil investigation into allegations of discriminatory policing by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) members based in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif. Deputies have been accused of discriminating against mostly minority residents of government-subsidized housing. The Justice Department will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations ...
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Civil Rights Groups Back Obama's Choice Of Consumer Bureau Head
July 19, 2011
The appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray by President Obama to be the first director of the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is being applauded by civil rights leaders and groups alike. Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of The Leadership Conference on Civil ...
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Groups Allege Ulterior Motive Of Immigration Program
July 06, 2011
Immigration rights groups allege documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation show that the controversial Secure Communities deportation program (S-Comm), designed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to target people for deportation, is also a key component of a little-known FBI project to accumulate a massive store of personal biometric information ...
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Stunning Admissions In Katrina Shootings Case
June 29, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice ...
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NY Dept Of Ed. Accused Of Mistreating Minorities
June 22, 2011
The New York Civil Liberties Union is urging the Department of Education to continue its ongoing efforts to include positive-discipline practices in the city’s schools. In testimony provided on the disciple code for New York City public schools the NYCLU cautioned that the DOE’s disciplinary code and zero-tolerance policies criminalize ...
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DID "WAR ON DRUGS" TARGET BLACKS?
June 06, 2011
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NY Gov Opts Out Of Controversial Deportation Program
June 02, 2011
Two weeks ago, a letter released by a former ICE contractor confirmed that ICE intentionally misled New York to obtain the state’s participation in Secure Communities. ...
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Lawsuit Challenges NYPD Over Stop & Frisk Practices Of Cab Passengers
May 26, 2011
The lawsuit maintains that the NYPD is using its Taxi/Livery Inspection Program to expand the reach of its unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices. ...
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NAACP To Watch For Discrimination During "Black Bike Week"
May 24, 2011
“Any form of racial discrimination against Black Bike Week visitors will not be tolerated,†said NAACP Vice President of Stakeholder Relations Nelson B. Rivers, III. ...
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Feds Open Bias Probe Of Newark PD
May 09, 2011
Allegations of excessive force, discriminatory policing, whether detainees confined to holding cells are subjected to unreasonable risk of harm are being investigated. ...
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Zero-Tolerance Policy Creates "School-To-Prison Pipeline"
May 06, 2011
Increasing the number of suspensions increases the risks of the most vulnerable students to being pushed out of school. ...
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Iowa Civil Rights Panel Won't Identify City Accused Of Racial Profiling
April 14, 2011
Beth Townsend, executive director of the commission, declined to release the name of the police department or town because it’s part of the settlement. ...
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Research: NYPD Drug Enforcement Unfairly Targets Minorities
March 30, 2011
“Police like to use marijuana as a pretext to crack down on more serious crime, but there’s little evidence to suggest this is an effective strategy." ...
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Feds Speak Out On New Orleans PD Report
March 24, 2011
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FEDS: NEW ORLEANS PD BIAS
March 17, 2011
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NYC Minority Groups: $75M Question
March 16, 2011
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NYPD "Stop & Frisks" Reach Record High
February 24, 2011
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Suspensions Of Blacks Spike In NYC Schools
January 28, 2011
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Yale Univ. Names Black Police Chief
January 21, 2011
Yale University President Richard Levin has announced the appointment of Ronnell A. Higgins as Chief of the Yale Police Department. ...
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Punitive, Productive Immigration Legislation Moving in the States
January 21, 2011
States will continue to consider both restrictive and inclusive immigration-related legislation in a broad range of areas. ...
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Immigrant Advocates Allege Rights Abuses
December 16, 2010
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Rights Groups Take ICE To Court
December 09, 2010
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Bank Accused Of Violating Fed Lending Rules
December 09, 2010
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