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Kitty Justice: The Thai Solution for Police Parking Placard Abuse
Top brass at the NYPD usually (but not always) cast a blind eye toward police officers who show disregard for the city's parking regulations. It's a sharp contrast to the NYPD's "broken windows" school of policing, which promotes aggressive enforcement against minor scofflaws (like my friend Katie who recently spent a night in the box for a supposedly unpaid off-leash dog walking summons).
January 3, 2008
For Victim’s Family, a $10 Fee and an Agonizing Wait
In the weeks since their daughter lost her life on a Lower Manhattan street, Hope Miller's parents have learned to be patient.
November 29, 2007
NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC’s Livable Streets Movement
Arrest Her! T.A. membership coordinator Abby King tears up the streets on a "sport utility bicycle."
November 27, 2007
Riding While Black or Just Riding?
From Robert Jones's blog This Is the Diaspora comes a disturbing tale (well worth reading in full) of how a beautiful bike ride on a sparkling fall day turned into a humiliating encounter with the police -- all because Jones detoured onto the sidewalk of Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn for a few seconds to avoid traffic:
November 8, 2007
Officer Convicted in Beating Was Handing Off Parking Placard
From the New York Times, via an eagle-eyed Streetsblog tipster:
August 21, 2007
Ungrateful Liberal Scum, “We Do Not Summons Our Own.”
A certain sense of entitlement emerges in the UncivilServants comments section. Posted verbatim, no spelling check:
March 28, 2007
Ding Dong Bruce Smolka’s Gone
Newsday is reporting that NYPD Assistant Chief Bruce Smolka has filed for retirement. Smolka is reknowned for his needlessly aggressive tactics in breaking up peaceful political demonstrations, his disregard of basic civil rights and his all-too-frequent abusiveness towards women. In one infamous video he was caught kicking a female demonstrator in the head at a May 2003 sit-in.
January 24, 2007
Donut Emergency: Cop Parked in Crosswalk and Bike Lane
This photo comes from a recent entry on MyBikeLane.com. Jessica writes:
December 20, 2006
NYPD Has Spent $1.32M to Suppress a Monthly Bike Ride
Charles Komanoff, flanked by Marquez Claxton and Norman Siegel, at City Hall this morning.
November 16, 2006