Court Reinstates Ban on N.Y.P.D.'s Use of Holds That Restrict Breathing
Passed amid protests over police brutality, the “diaphragm law” has been the target of law-enforcement unions, which say it ties officers’ hands.
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Passed amid protests over police brutality, the “diaphragm law” has been the target of law-enforcement unions, which say it ties officers’ hands.
They had their bail revoked...were placed in home confinement - unlike the J6 rioters. Revolutionary communist Democrats are privileged.
Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, arrested in the firebombing of an NYPD vehicle in May 2020, reached a plea deal with prosecutors that may dramatically reduce their sentence to about two years.
A top police union boss has blasted the decision to dramatically-shorten the sentences for two lawyers who admitted firebombing an empty NYPD van during the 2020 BLM riots.
The leader of the Police Benevolent Association slammed Mayor Eric Adams for ordering straphangers to report officers seen using their cell phones.