Activists renew calls to end NYPD gang database, criticize city's review
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They call the listing of suspected gang members' names, also known as the Criminal Group Database, part of a failed "toolbox" that harms Blacks and Latinos.
Advocates criticized the delay of the report, which has apparently taken four years for the Department of Investigations to complete.
Department of Investigation Confirms Probe of NYPD Gang Database After Advocates Rally Share this story Eileen Grench/THE CITY On Tuesday morning, a coalition of anti-surveillance advocates and public defenders gathered in front of the NYPD’s Inspector General’s office to demand — once again — an investigation into cops’ gang database. On Tuesday evening, the city Department of Investigation told THE CITY that it started a probe of the infamous Criminal Group Database three years ago — and that the job is nearly complete. “DOI has an ongoing examination on the NYPD’s gang dat...