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Family and community seek answers following Saniyah Cheatham's suicide in NYPD custody, questioning the official explanation ...
An 18-year-old died by suicide while in NYPD custody in the Bronx, the New York City medical examiner's office said Monday.
The family of 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham is demanding answers after the Bronx college student died in police custody earlier this month.  Cheatham died by hanging while held at the NYPD’s 41st ...
An 18-year-old woman died in NYPD custody in the Bronx; her identity and reason for arrest undisclosed. Despite CPR efforts, ...
City Council leaders pressed NYPD officials on overtime spending and accountability in a budget hearing Thursday, questioning them over recent reports on the pace and transparency of the ...
Most notably, the NYPD’s current highest-ranking official, Chief of Department Jeff Maddrey, ended up in the news recently for a November 2021 incident in Brooklyn where he intervened on behalf ...
NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs leaves court during a break between the defense and the peoples cross examination in court at the Brooklyn Supreme Courthouse Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Brooklyn.
They’re using the statute of limitations to avoid accountability.” The NYPD does not disclose to the public or to the civilians who complained of abuse that it has terminated such cases.
Even body cameras themselves are a form of back-end accountability. This system can help ensure that rules are followed, but it says nothing about what the rules should be in the first place. The NYPD ...
Nearly half of the NYPD cops who assaulted, wrongly pepper-sprayed or committed other acts of misconduct against George Floyd protesters faced zero discipline, a new report says.