NEW YORK – A sweeping report from New York City s inspector general found that the New York Police Department lacked a clearly defined strategy in its handling of the George Floyd protests this summer and that its use of force heightened tensions.
While protests were largely peaceful and most officers actions were appropriate, there were several deficiencies in the department s response that undermined public confidence in the NYPD’s discharge of its responsibility to protect the rights of citizens to engage in lawful protest, the New York City Department of Investigation said in the 115-page report released Friday.
George Floyd s death on Memorial Day in Minneapolis sparked nationwide unrest calling for racial justice and police reform. In New York, demonstrators spent days in the streets during late May and early June, demanding changes to their own city s police force and an end to systemic racism.
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New legislation in New York will bar federal immigration agents from making arrests inside state courthouses without a judicial warrant, a move seen as pushback against President Trump s hardline immigration policies.
The Protect Our Courts Act, signed Tuesday, comes amid concerns from immigration advocates that fears of being arrested deter undocumented immigrants from making court appearances. The bill prevents Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents without a warrant signed by a federal judge, from arresting anyone inside a statehouse, or those going to or leaving a court proceeding.
Downstate progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly will fight for decarceration of New York prisons and immigration reform next year, they said Tuesday, citing the partyâs new Senate supermajority as the momentum lawmakers need to move their agenda forward.
Nearly 20 progressive legislators threw support Tuesday behind a proposed legislation package they dubbed the Justice Roadmap 2021 agenda to protect communities of color and immigrants from unjust imprisonment and deportation, calling for less violence in community policing.
The proposed state reforms include passing legislation for parole reform to end solitary confinement in state prisons through the HALT Solitary Confinement Act; ensure Fair and Timely Parole; and Elder Parole to require incarcerated New Yorkers over age 55 who have served 15 or more consecutive years be considered for parole regardless of their crime or sentence.
Downstate progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly will fight for decarceration of New York prisons and immigration reform next year, they said Tuesday, citing the partyâs new Senate supermajority as the momentum lawmakers need to move their agenda forward.
Nearly 20 progressive legislators threw support Tuesday behind a proposed legislation package they dubbed the Justice Roadmap 2021 agenda to protect communities of color and immigrants from unjust imprisonment and deportation, calling for less violence in community policing.
The proposed state reforms include passing legislation for parole reform to end solitary confinement in state prisons through the HALT Solitary Confinement Act (S.1623/A.2500); ensure Fair and Timely Parole (S.497/A.4346); and Elder Parole (S.2144/A.9040) to require incarcerated New Yorkers over age 55 who have served 15 or more consecutive years be considered for parole regardless of their crime or sentence.