An organizer of New York City‘s Black Lives Matter protests has turned himself in to police hours after he was besieged inside his apartment by officers seeking to arrest him for attacking a cop. Derrick Ingram, the founder of social advocacy group Warriors in the Garden, reported to the NYPD’s Midtown North Precinct on Saturday … Read more
Bella Hadid gives the NYPD the middle finger as she calls out police officers for not wearing masks By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 02:43 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 05:26 BST, 6 August 2020 Bella Hadid wasn’t happy when she came across a group of NYPD officers without face masks on. So the … Read more
New York police have released footage of a suspect they are seeking in connection with a knife attack in the East Village, which left Kelsey Grammer’s daughter needing hospital treatment. The brief clip shows a bald black man in a white t-shirt and black shorts. He appears to be at the door to The Black … Read more
New York City has voted to slash $1billion from the NYPD budget, following weeks of protests and fraught negotiations with Mayor Bill de Blasio – as some lawmakers complain it falls short of what activists demanded. The austere, coronavirus-era budget tightens spending across city agencies, including a cut of nearly $484million from the NYPD’s $6billion operating … Read more
New York City’s famous George Washington Monument in Washington Square Park was defaced with red paint on Monday as protesters gathered further downtown outside City Hall ahead of a controversial vote that could slash the city’s police budget by $1billion – 16 percent of its total – despite escalating crime and chaos. In the latest … Read more
Hundreds of protesters camped outside City Hall are demanding that lawmakers slash the New York City police budget by $1billion. The ‘Occupy City Hall’ encampment began forming Tuesday following weeks of street protests sparked by the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. The protesters are part of a national … Read more
Mayor Bill de Blasio says ‘very substantial’ cuts are coming to the NYPD amid calls to strip $1billion from the $6billion budget as it’s revealed 272 cops have filed for retirement since George Floyd’s death Bill de Blasio said on Friday that he is finalizing ‘very substantial ‘ cuts to NYPD City council speaker has called … Read more
An NYPD precinct commander was given a hero’s send-off by colleagues on Friday after he retired in protest over sweeping police reforms across New York. Deputy Inspector Richard Brea, who commanded the Bronx 46th Precinct, was treated to an NYPD helicopter fly by, police bagpipers and a ride in a vintage cop car during his … Read more
New York Police Department has suspended an officer for slamming a black man to the ground on Sunday and putting him in a chokehold – eight days after Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the tactic. The man, who gave his name to officers as Ricky Bellevue, was standing with two white men on the boardwalk at … Read more
The NYPD are investigating a potential hate crime, in the suspected poisoning of three officers at a New York Shake Shack. The officers – members of the Bronx’s 42nd Precinct assigned to protest detail – had fallen sick after consuming food from the Shake Shack on Broadway and Fulton Street in downtown Manhattan Friday night at … Read more