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At Critical Mass, Reverend Al Calls for NYPD Accountability
The Reverend Al Sharpton, the family of Sean Bell, and an all-star cast of civil liberties advocates joined cyclists in Union Square last Friday for one of the more anticipated Critical Mass rides in recent memory. The gathering, which filled up the south end of the park, came three weeks after the Reverend led hundreds of supporters in an attempt to shut down major bridges and tunnels, protesting the acquittal of the officers who shot and killed Bell.
June 2, 2008
Open Season on Parking Spots, and Parking Agents
The Daily News today has the sickening story of an off-duty NYPD officer beating an NYPD traffic agent for ticketing his girlfriend's illegally parked car in the Bronx. The capper: the agent was reportedly cuffed and taken to the precinct, while the cop he says assaulted him has not been charged with a felony, though the state just adopted a law stiffening penalties for attacks on traffic agents.
May 16, 2008
Opposition Mounts to NYPD Assembly Rules; Rally Tonight
As the City Council takes up legislation to lift NYPD rules against public assembly, cyclists and advocates will hold a rally and press conference before tonight's Critical Mass ride.
March 28, 2008
Mendez Bill Would Overturn NYPD Parade Rules
A cyclist is ticketed during Critical Mass last spring
March 27, 2008
Hit by a Car While Biking? Don’t Waste the NYPD’s Time
A Streetsblog reader named Jessica sends along yet another story of the NYPD's failure to treat bike commuters as full-fledged citizens of the City of New York:
March 12, 2008
Is an NYPD Bike Crackdown Underway?
Even before the NYPD identified a hooded cyclist as the this morning's likely Times Square bomber, two reports of bike commuters being ticketed and harassed by the police have already hit the Streetsblog inbox. Perhaps it's just that the weather's getting nicer and more people happen to be out on bikes but at least one cyclist says an officer told him that the police are gearing up yet another organized "crack down" on cyclists.
March 6, 2008
Badda Bing! NYPD “Taking Care of” New Parking Placards
A commenter on Uncivilservants.org noticed that Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to reign in parking permit abuse is already being met with some good old-fashioned NYPD blowback:
January 30, 2008
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