Inside NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Practice: Floyd v City of New York
Well underway in U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan is the landmark civil trial challenging the constitutionality of NYPD’s “Stop, Question and Frisk” policy. The lawsuit, Floyd, et al. v. City of New More...
BBN ALERT: NY Safe Act. What You Need to Know about New Gun Laws
Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo enacted NY Safe Act (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act). It took the Governor 31 days, following the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, in Newtown, Connecticut, More...
NYPD’s ‘Operation Clean Halls’ Unconstitutional in Bronx. What Happens Citywide?
Yesterday, a Federal Judge in New York ruled ‘unconstitutional’ a key tactic, Operation Clean Halls, used by NYPD in its controversial ‘stop, question and frisk’ policy. In her ruling, U.S District More...
Black and White: NYPD Sketch of BK Serial Killer is Not the Person Arrested
The recent arrest of “serial killer,” Salvatore Perrone, 64, of Staten Island, in the murders of three Brooklyn shopkeepers is a radical difference in image, than the sketch of a Black-Latino man released More...
Must See: The Central Park Five Documentary. Opens Friday, Nov. 23 in NYC
BBN strongly recommends watching The Central Park Five, a documentary from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, examining one of the most notorious and racially charged criminal investigation More...
Aggressive NYPD Stop and Frisk Incident Recorded with iPod
A Stop and Frisk incident secretly recorded audio of New York City police officers aggressively stopping a teenager in Harlem. The recording was obtained by The Nation magazine and published on its website. More...
INFO – Father’s Day 2012: Silent March Against NYPD’s ‘Stop and Frisk’ Policy
(silentmarchnyc.org) Join Civil Rights, Faith, Labor and Community groups in a silent march against NYC’s “Stop and Frisk” Policy! On Father’s Day, let’s stand together to show that New Yorkers refuse More...
‘Stop and Frisk Watch’ Free App is Now Available to Download
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) released its new “Stop and Frisk Watch” app for smartphones. The free app is available in English and Spanish for Android phones, and in coming months iPhone users More...
New York Police Dept. Sued Over Stops in Private Buildings
Imagine you, or a guest of yours, walks inside or near your place of residence and is stopped, questioned and arrested for criminal-trespass by a New York City Police officer, who has been given permission by your More...
Anger, Accusations After Unarmed Teen’s Shooting
Photo: VOICES NY The Rev. Al Sharpton and other clergy members condemned what they called the NYPD’s “cone of silence” around the shooting death of an unarmed teen at a press conference yesterday in front More...