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A 60-year-old man who was injured during a Christmas Eve mugging has died, the Associated Press reports. Juan Fresnada died on Friday afternoon at a New York City hospital. Fresnada had been in critical condition after being beaten during a mugging. His partner Byron Caceres, 29, told the New York Daily News that Fresnada was punched while trying […]
Former NYPD sergeant Arlicia Robinson has pleaded guilty to running drugs for the Nine Trey Bloods, the gang 6ix9ine was a part of. As New York Daily News reports, Robinson is expected to face a sentence between five to six years. Nine Trey drug dealer Kristian Cruz testified that he had hired a police sergeant to help transport […]
Michael Bloomberg has walked back his support of the controversial stop-and-frisk police strategy. While addressing a mostly black crowd at a Brooklyn church, Bloomberg backed away from the policy that he supported during his time as New York City’s mayor. Although he knows that he “can’t change history,” he told the congregation that his stance […]
The NYPD has been slammed for arresting a woman who was selling food inside a Brooklyn subway station. The incident took place on Friday inside the Broadway Junction subway station in East New York. Two Twitter viral videos that documented the situation showed three uniformed officers and one in plainclothes encircling a woman who was […]
Hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Brooklyn on Friday night to protest against the aggressive policing of the subway system. About 1,000 demonstrators marched through the main avenues to protest, according to PIX11. “Hands off black kids, NYPD,” said one of the chants. A protester connected the police aggression to law enforcement’s bias against poverty. “We see people in poverty increasing […]
A teenager that was punched by a New York City police officer during a fight in the subway filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city, the local NBC-affiliate reports. Attorney Sanford Rubenstein, who represents 15-year-old Benjamin Marshall and his parents, says that a $5 million lawsuit was filed at the Family Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Marshall was punched […]
The New York Police Department has agreed to pay a hefty settlement to Karim Baker, a Fed Ex driver who unknowingly gave directions to a suspected cop killer. The New York Daily News reports Baker sued the city months after he was allegedly beaten by two detectives. According to the outlet, the case stemmed from the murders of […]
Daniel Pantaleo, the former New York cop who was fired earlier this year for his use of a chokehold on Eric Garner, is now suing the New York City Police Department to get his job back. A suit was filed Wednesday in which Pantaleo and his lawyer call the firing decision “arbitrary and capricious,” according to […]
The NYPD sent out a letter, obtained by The Fader, asking that a number of performers be removed from Rolling Loud NYC’s lineup. They are Pop Smoke, Casanova, 22Gz, Sheff G, and Don Q. The letter, signed by NYPD Assistant Chiegf Martin Morales, cited “public safety concerns” and stated that the aforementioned rappers were involved with “recent acts of […]
Two former NYPD officers who have been accused of raping an 18-year-old Brooklyn girl will face no jail time despite pleading guilty to 11 charges, CNN reports. Thirty-nine-year-old Eddie Martins and 34-year-old Richard Hall pleaded guilty to the charges, which included bribery and misconduct, and will face five years of probation. They both claimed they’d had consensual […]
