Neatorama (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Some of NYPD's finests are in trouble: two undercover police officers ordered a black man out of his parked car with guns drawn … without realizing that the guy's an off-duty NYPD chief! "How you can not know or recognize a chief in a department SUV with ID around his neck, I don't know," a police [...]
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
At least one cop has been disciplined for ordering the NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed black officer out of his auto while the three-star chief was off-duty, the Daily News has learned.
NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A white police officer has been pulled off active duty after harassing the wrong man: Deputy Chief Douglas Zeigler. The highest-ranking black officer in the NYPD was parked in a department-issued SUV, wearing plainclothes, when two officers approached him. According to the New York Daily News: "In his briefing to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Zeigler said the two cops, who are white, had no legitimate...
Anderson@Large (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Last week, thousands of New Yorkers engaged in acts of civil disobedience to protest the acquittals of three police officer s in the killing of Sean Bell in a hail of 50 shots. They carried signs that read “We Are All Sean Bell: This Whole Damn System is Guilty.” Hundreds were arrested when they attempted to block traffic . The pray-ins were spearheaded by the Rev. Al Sharpton. From Harlem to Lower...
Stereohyped (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Oh, NYPD. What are we going to do with you. Right on the heels of a racial profiling lawsuit from a NY Post reporter (although his paper doesn't believe racial profiling exists), the Sean Bell disaster, and a report questioning the racial imbalance of the police force’s stop-and-search technique, two white, plain-clothes officers are in [...]
Lynne ydw i (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
There are several problems with this story: Cops didn't recognize chief I tend to believe the cops and not the chief who was off duty, driving a department issued car with tinted windows, parked by a fire hydrant, and a gun on the seat. “don't you know who I am'” Said guy with an ego bigger than the Grand Canyon - Gee, no I don't, should I?
