Police Misconduct

Experts say collective bargaining agreements between officer unions and cities can stand in the way of accountability

The Legal Aid Society is demanding two NYPD officers be fired after they allegedly used excessive force in the form of punching, choking and macing a homeless man who was sleeping on the subway, the group claims.

A Buffalo police officer who was seen on camera intimidating a witness during an arrest had been suspended four times and is the subject for three dozens misconduct complaints.

An upstate New York police officer who was suspended earlier this month following a viral video of him calling a woman a vile expletive had been suspended four times and had dozens of misconduct complaints against him. The Investigative Post reported Wednesday that Buffalo police Lt. Michael A. DeLong had a lengthy disciplinary record involving domestic incidents, violation of procedures,…

A New York City police officer was suspended without pay Sunday after he was recorded putting his arm around a man’s neck in what the police commissioner called an “apparent chokehold.”

Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, spoke out about the killing of George Floyd, saying, “It’s like my son was saying, ‘Mama, do something about this.'” Carr’s son died in 2014 after being placed in a police chokehold.

Days after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, people took to the streets in protest in dozens of cities around the country

A New Jersey state trooper was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly failed to report that sexually explicit photos of children were sent to her by a fellow officer. The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General says investigators found that Andrea Knox, 35, of Troop D Moorestown Station exchanged text messages about an underage girl with Jeffrey Reitz, a state…