Stop Whining About Privacy, Bloomberg Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks your concerns about privacy in a world of city- and drone-mounted surveillance cameras are unimportant. His advice to radio audiences Friday morning? "Get used to it!" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New NYPD Domestic Violence Policy May Deter Reports From Victims

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 18, 2013 An anonymous police source tells the New York Post that the new directive could lead to the arrest of victims reporting domestic violence who have warrants on their record, even if they're only for minor offenses such as unpaid parking tickets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NYPD Accused of Hospitalizing, Handcuffing Brooklyn Woman

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 13, 2013 A Brooklyn landlord says New York City cops broke her leg and shackled her to a hospital bed for 17 days amid a wrongful arrest in her apartment building, the New York Post reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Next Stop, Pedophilia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 According to Rush Limbaugh, since the left has normalized gay marriage, now it will do the same with pedophilia; the U.K. government has found a way to take British citizenship away from certain people who were then mysteriously killed by drones; meanwhile, a computer programmer in India may make teachers redundant as he shows how children can and should teach themselves. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Is There No Good Data on the Use of Police Force?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 12, 2012 There is no national record on the use of police force against American citizens nationwide, even though private police groups and the FBI keep a close watch on the number of cops killed and assaulted on the job, reports Radley Balko at The Huffington Post. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NYPD Officer Arrested, Charged in Alleged Cannibal Plot

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2012 Authorities have arrested and charged a 28-year-old New York Police Department officer from Queens who is accused of planning to kidnap, cook and eat up to 100 women, including his girlfriend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Damning Look Inside NYPD’s ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policy (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2012 Stop-and-frisk is already considered a controversial tactic employed by the New York Police Department, but a recently released recording sheds light on just how discriminatory the practice can actually be. In the secretly taped audio, a 17-year-old named Alvin is heard being roughed up, threatened and demeaned by three officers as they stop and frisk him, all "for being a fucking mutt." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NYPD’s Muslim Spying Program Is Halted in N.J.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 6, 2012 New Jersey's attorney general has assured a group of Muslim leaders that a New York City police unit that had surveilled Muslims in the Garden State is no longer operating there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NYC, Park Owner Turn on Each Other in Zuccotti Eviction Case

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 28, 2012 New York City officials are blaming Brookfield Properties, the owner of the park where Occupy Wall Street activists were camped for nearly two months, for thousands of dollars of damage done to books, computers and other property destroyed during the eviction of protesters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NYPD Caused All Bystander Wounds in Empire State Building Shootout

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 25, 2012 The New York Police Department has acknowledged that all nine people wounded in the Empire State Building shootout Friday were hit with bullets fired by its officers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Government Surveillance: Cheaper and Deeper

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2012 Technical advancements and plunging costs for digital storage mean that government surveillance programs no longer have to be selective about the data they store. And with the average person leaving a trail of Web browsing, emails, text messages and more, there's plenty of information that can be filed away on individuals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death at the Empire State Building

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2012 A 53-year-old apparel designer shot and killed his former boss on a sidewalk outside the Empire State Building in New York City on Friday morning before he was confronted and shot dead by police officers. Nine others were wounded. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )