Jason Rivera, the slain NYPD cop in the line of duty, was given a final farewell on his Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral, with his brother saying that the slain police officer's "first love was policing."
Former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly insisted that emails stored on his official computer were unintentionally deleted when he left his office in 2013. He has been accused of deleting the e-mails in order to cover up a quota system within the NYPD.
Sandra Amezquita, a five-months pregnant Brooklyn woman, was grabbed by the arm and thrown to the pavement by a police officer at 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20 in Sunset Park; the event marking the continuation of police violence against non-whites and women with impunity.
The unjust treatment of patrons based on race by food service employees within the restaurant industry is systematic and industry-wide. Racial stereotypes often inform the way staff and servers interact with customers, influencing the quality, timeliness and efficacy of service.
Although the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the disbanding of its controversial Muslim surveillance program last month, a growing number of Latino Muslims living in New York City remain concerned about being watched and harassed by authorities.
Forty-seven-year-old “Friends” actor David Schwimmer helped save the day in an NYPD assault and robbery case.
The New York Daily News reports that Schwimmer allowed the NYPD access to his home security footage in East Village to help build a case against an alleged robber who attempted to steal one Schwimmer’s neighbor’s laptop.
Emma Watson has hired a former NYPD lieutenant to be her personal bodyguard and pays Denise Morrone $150,000 (£90,000) a year. Morrone, who used to be with Staten Island's 122nd Precinct, was hired after an on-set incident with a fan that freaked out the Harry Potter star.
Months prior to her death, Garcia filed a police report explaining to the authorities that she feared for her life; and months later she would make a similar phone call. She reiterated details about her violent home life in her native Spanish, but because the domestic-incident report was never translated to English it was overlooked.
The New York City sex industry isn't glamorous. It's dark, seedy, lurid, and the sex work that the women and, to a lesser degree, men engage in carries the risk of danger, disease, sexual violence, and abduction. There aren't many tools that the sexually exploited demographic can use, but one tool that is at their disposal is condoms. With 50 percent of streetwalkers being African American and 25 percent being Latino, and the average age of prostitute in the United States being between the ages of 12-14 years old; it's ethic teenagers who continue to suffer HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases at a high rate -particularly when police confiscate their condoms, a form harassment that's orchestrated in order to prevent sex workers from turning tricks.
Twenty-two years ago, a child who was nicknamed "Baby Hope," was found dead in the woods on the upper west side of Manhattan. After all this time, police were able to identify "Baby Hope" as Anjelica Castillo, and they were able to find her murderer.
Three Hispanic New York Police Department groups hope to make history in 2014 by electing the NYPD's first Hispanic Commissioner that would replace Raymond Kelly.
A legally blind Queens resident is suing New York City for its highly controversial Stop and Frisk law in the first lawsuit since a federal court ruled the law unconstitutional earlier this month.
