Articles by Jake Pearson

A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases.

Loaded on June 15, 2022 by Jake Pearson published in Criminal Legal News July, 2022, page 42

Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance. Location: New York.

After prosecutors flagged hundreds of cops caught fixing tickets for friends and family a decade ago, the officers’ work was supposed to get an extra level of scrutiny. Some cases fell apart anyway.

by Jake Pearson, ProPublica

One judge said she believed the testimony of a Bronx defendant’s 64-year-old mother more ...