All Blog Posts Tagged 'NYPD' (55)

The attempted arrest of a hate-mongering teen aboard a Brooklyn subway quickly turned into a wild showdown between cops and a simmering mob, according to sources and video obtained by the Daily News.

The melee began when suspect Stephan Stowe, 17, and a group of eight friends approached…

BROOKLYN — A mock-up of a "Wanted'' poster placed on Instagram sickeningly calls for the murders of the two NYPD cops who shot and killed Brooklyn teen Kimani Gray.

The posting on the online photo-sharing Web site features pictures of Sgt. Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova above the caption, "50z…

Stop and frisk went on trial Monday.

The NYPD's controversial tactic is being challenged as unconstitutional in a class action lawsuit on behalf of four New Yorkers who claim they were stopped for no reason.

"We're putting the NYPD on trial, and the stakes are the constitutional rights of hundreds of…

On the heels of three nights of protests over the police slaying of 16 year old Kimani Gray, the NYPD has turned the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn into a State of Exception, claiming emergency powers to suspend the constitutional guarantees of the citizenry.

The people regularly targeted by police…

Rick Ross -- the rapper who has allegedly been targeted by a dangerous gang -- is being protected by NYC cops round-the-clock because of recent threats ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

TMZ has learned cops have been guarding Ross at The London Hotel for the last few days.…

OxyContin "bait bottles" equipped with GPS tracking devices are being sent to city pharmacies to help police track the thieves who steal them, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says.

The announcement is expected to be made by Kelly Tuesday afternoon at a California conference sponsored by former President Bill…

A Harlem cop plotted to kidnap, torture, cook and eat dozens of women, discussing the best way to slow cook a grown woman in a series of disturbing on-line chats, the FBI charged Thursday.

The feds busted alleged cannibal cop Gilberto Valle after recording multiple internet discussions in which the 26th Pct.…

Hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC are back on tour — their first without the backbeat of the group, DJ Jam Master Jay, the victim of an unsolved slaying shrouded in mystery and lack of cooperation by witnesses.

The platinum-selling band — which brought hip-hop to the mainstream with hits like “It’s Tricky,” “King of…

A Brooklyn teenager says an NYPD transit cop bodyslammed him on a subway platform in an incident caught on videotape.

Sean Pagan, 19, was waiting for a train to Coney Island at the 45th St. subway station near his Sunset Park home when he was confronted by the cop at about 8:30 p.m.…

Jose Webster, killed in September, in gang-related shooting

There are nearly 60 street crews--subsets of gangs--in the Bronx, and they include members as young as eight years old.

NYPD Assistant Commissioner Kevin O'Connor, who heads up the department's new Juvenile Justice Division, urged parents in the…

Top supervisors of an elite NYPD anti-gun unit allegedly handled white suspects with kid gloves while treating blacks like “animals” deserving of a bullet to the head, the Daily News has learned.

The explosive charges appear in sworn depositions from three members of the firearms suppression unit: two current NYPD…

A whistle-blowing cop says arrest quotas in one Bronx precinct have the Finest there so angry that the locker room has to be guarded "around the clock" to prevent vandalism.

In a civil-rights suit filed this morning, veteran cop Craig Matthews says the quota system at the 42nd Precinct "has pitted police officers…

NYPD Internal Affairs investigators amassed wiretap and surveillance evidence against a seven-year veteran cop suspected of moonlighting as a pimp, the Daily News has learned.

Officer Monty Green was taped “discussing prostitution-related activities,” according to an NYPD Internal Affairs investigative…