Class-action lawsuit targets NYPD practice of secretly collecting DNA
Lawyers hope to end the practice and get DNA profiles expunged.
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Lawyers hope to end the practice and get DNA profiles expunged.
The Legal Aid Society has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of surreptitiously collecting genetic material from thousands of New...
“Thousands of New Yorkers, most of whom are Black and brown, and many of whom have never been convicted of any crime, are illegally in the city’s rogue DNA database, which treats people as suspects in every crime involving DNA,” said Desgranges.
A database used by the New York Police Department violates state law and the Constitution, the Legal Aid Society contends in a lawsuit.
The police routinely offer people who are being questioned about a crime a beverage, a cigarette or chewing gum and then collect DNA, the suit alleges.