Federal lawsuit seeks to abolish NYPD gang database

Federal lawsuit seeks to abolish NYPD gang database

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- There are two sides to this story. On one side, there are civil rights advocates who claim police are using a gang database as a tool that discriminates against people of color. On the other side, police insist they are not targeting any particular people. What they are using, they say, is a valuable tool to keep the city safe. Now it will be up to a judge to decide which side is right. "We're suing the city of New York becau…

Lawsuit seeking to end NYPD’s gang database says list leaves Black and Brown New Yorkers afraid for their safety

A litany of legal groups officially sued the NYPD Wednesday over its controversial gang database, an index the police commissioner has repeatedly called imperative to apprehending dangerous criminals, but critics charge it leads to racial profiling. Representatives from the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), The Legal Aid Society, The Bronx Defenders, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the law firm Ballard Spahr announced that they jointly filed a putative class-…

The NYPD Is Arresting More New Yorkers for Unarrestable Charges: 'I Shouldn't Have to Go Through This'

A visit to Brooklyn arraignment court confirmed that the NYPD is indeed arresting people on charges for which state law forbids an arrest.