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DOI REPORT: NYPD Inappropriately Used Bikes As Weapons
“Our general finding is those tactics were overused in a disproportionate way," the Department of Investigations commissioner says.
December 19, 2020
OPINION: NYPD’s ‘Bike Safety’ Tweets are a Joke
The NYPD loves to tweet photos of officers handing out bike safety pamphlets to cyclists. But is this really a good role for the police, to stop people on bikes and make them take a flier on how it's their fault when they get hit by someone driving a car?
December 17, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: How the NYPD Investigates Crashes (Poorly)
Our editorial cartoonist was upset after reading our post about shoddy policing that absolved a driver off who had just rammed her car into a cyclist on the Second Avenue "protected" bike lane. So he made this.
December 15, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Another Weaponized Car Edition
The big story of the weekend was the first story of the weekend: On Friday afternoon, a Queens woman drove into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters, injuring six. Plus the other news.
December 14, 2020
Cops: 24th Cyclist Killed By Truck Driver In Harlem
Another cyclist — likely the 24th this year — has died on a New York City street, and police are blaming the victim.
December 11, 2020
ANATOMY OF A CRASH: Cyclist Badly Injured by Driver, Yet Cops Do Nothing
What really happens when a cyclist is hit? We saw the whole thing from the moment of impact to the police driving away without issuing a ticket.
December 10, 2020
Cyclist Killed in Manhattan By Rolls Royce Driver; Cops Blame Victim
A Bronx man has died from injuries he sustained when the driver of a fancy car slammed into him last month near the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, cops said on Tuesday.
December 8, 2020
Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Seeks Public’s Help Searching for Speeding Driver
The latest unsolved hit-and-run has left a family struggling to pay medical bills.
December 3, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: The Ultimate Flowchart of NYPD Fecklessness
The grim joke about life in New York City is that if you want to get away with murder, make sure you commit the crime with a car. Here's our editorial cartoonist's take.
December 2, 2020
Pedestrian Killed in Brooklyn — But This Time, The Driver is Charged
Cops arrested a 65-year-old driver who killed a pedestrian after dark on Tuesday as she attempted an illegal U-turn on a residential two-way street.
November 25, 2020
