Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 15, 2015
Officers in the NYPD's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association will challenge Patrick Lynch in an election for the union's top leadership position next June, reports Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 14, 2015
Mayor Bill de Blasio has hit some bumps in recent months in his relationship with the New York City Police Force. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 9, 2015
Young black men in Bedford-Stuyvesant, "a historically black neighborhood of high-rise public housing, low-rent houses, and expanding pockets of gentrification," have felt the effect of the NYPD's "slowdown" protest against Mayor Bill de Blasio. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 24, 2014
It is absurd to have to say this, but New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, activist Al Sharpton and President Obama are in no way responsible for the coldblooded assassination of two police officers in Brooklyn on Saturday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 22, 2014
Inflammatory remarks made by Patrick Lynch over the past many weeks of sometimes fatal tension between police officers and private citizens are grounds for dismissal from the force, retired NYPD Detective Graham Weatherspoon says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 21, 2014
The suspect committed suicide after killing two officers sitting in a patrol car in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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