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Content warning: This article contains footage and descriptions of police detaining a child. Viral footage showing cops in Syracuse, New York detaining a child for (in their words) “stealing stuff” is drawing widespread criticism. In the clip, which had been shared to Twitter and Reddit at the time of this writing, a child can be seen and heard crying […]
A naked New York man was rescued Friday after spending days stuck inside a wall in a theater, New York Post reports. The Syracuse fire department was called around 7:30 a.m. after receiving a call from a Landmark Theater employee who heard a man banging on the walls and yelling for help. Firefighters drilled a hole in a […]
A Black police officer in Syracuse filed a lawsuit against the city’s police department, claiming “blatant and extreme racism” and an attitude of “Jim Crow culture” toward Black employees. Brandon Hanks, 28, was reportedly denied entry into the department’s gang violence task force this year because officers in his department said he was a “gang member” and “narcotics trafficker” […]
A police officer from upstate New York has been placed on leave after he seen punching a handcuffed woman in a lengthy video posted by the department. WSYR reports DeWitt police officer Rory Spain has been placed on paid administrative leave as the department investigates the incident, according to department spokesman Lt. Jerry Pace. The video of a […]
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