The issue of law enforcement officers sexually assaulting inmates and detainees isn’t new. What’s also not new is the tendency of cities, municipalities, and governments to look the other way. Some studies show the problem is widespread.
READ MORENew York State Tightens Hate Crime Laws Following Charlottesville
“What are these illegal immigrants doing here? I hate immigrant people,” yelled David Caputo according to prosecutors. The diminutive man had a machete when he threatened to kill and man on a Sunset Park street in June. On December 6, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun refused prosecutors’ request to boost Caputo’s bail to $10,000. […]
READ MOREMichael Brown Could Have Just Stopped Running
Ferguson, Missouri ripped apart in August 2014 when a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed a black teenager, Michael Brown. Protests echoed from America’s east coast to west coast, but maybe it took a New York City playwright to put the pieces together.
READ MOREA Fifty-Year Fight For Exoneration In New York City
Fifty-years is a long time to wage a legal battle. It’s way too long when you’re the one fighting and you’ve been innocent the entire time.
READ MOREAmerican Citizen Convicted in Suicide Attack
A failed suicide bombing in Afghanistan raises old arguments: should an American be tried in an American court of law for crimes committed while serving with the enemy, or should that person be killed in a drone strike. Execution without due process is the avenue American jurists are weighing.
READ MORENew York Implements Man Up! To Drive Down Violence
New York City has always had a reputation for crime. Occasionally the reputation was better than reality, but too often the reputation failed to live up to real life. Regardless, a new program, modeled after one in Chicago, is demonstrably reducing violent crime as it intervenes in young adults.
READ MORESelf-Defense With Everyday Objects
It’s not everyone someone may need to protect themselves with powder detergent, a rock or even a slipper, but it’s nice to know self-defense – in an emergency – can be supplemented with everyday objects found around the house.
READ MORETrial Brings No Solace to Mother after Son’s Death
Brandon L Woodard was killed in broad daylight in Manhattan in 2012. The accused for the murder include Lloyd T. McKenzie and four other men. Lead prosecutor Christopher Prevost says that this was a brutal cold and calculated murder. The entire case relies on the testimony of Quran Pender, a former actor, who was also part of the smuggling ring and is now cooperating with law enforcement.
READ MORELive Streaming Violent Crimes Will Soon Be Illegal
Since the widespread use and each access of the Internet, some people have posted violent crimes online. Most of these videos are extremely gruesome and disturbing. Since it has become too easy, such violent and senseless crimes can be posted almost anytime and from anywhere. Now, the State of New York is passing a bill […]
READ MOREHate Crimes: An Early Legacy of Donald Trump
Donald Trump didn’t divide the country. He didn’t introduce racism, bigotry or xenophobia. What Trump and his rhetoric have validated the racism and bigotry already present in many of his supporters. Trump made it “okay” to be stupid and mean and a bigot. A Muslim, Off-Duty Cop Officer Aml Elsokary thought it was another average […]
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