News in Brief by California: A series of racist and anti-Muslim posts on social media allegedly has ties to a private group of active and retired San Jose Police officers calling themselves 10-7ODSJ, a reference to the police code for “off duty,” mercurynews.com reports. In June 2020, four of them …
Report Finds NYPD Officers Accidentally Deploy Tasers 25% of the Time by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A recent report found that officers in the New York Police Department (“NYPD”) fired their Tasers 995 times in 2018. Of those incidents, 224 times the use of the Tasers was unintentional. Retired …
New York State Police, Incident Review for Trooper Alfonso I. Burke, 2020 \ Involved Member(s): Trooper Alfonso I Burke Case~ Type: Incident Review Case Nlumber: DCN2020-0077 Finding: Unfounded Complainant: Jn,;p. 11 Rev 6110 Personnel Complaint Work Sheet I Type: IR Initiated By: Iincident Date: 2/7/20 I Detail ~ Troop Sub …
The Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, New York City Board of Correction, 2020 NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION1 The Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco 1991-2019 June 23, 2020 Authored by Kate McMahon, Deputy General Counsel. Special thanks and acknowledgment to all Board staff and others who assisted or advised …
No Trust Between Police and Communities They Patrol by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The $14 billion invested in police equipment and community policing in the U.S. has not helped instill trust and camaraderie between the police and black communities, says writer and activist Philip McHarris, in an article published …
DNA Database of NYC’s Chief Medical Examiner Plagued with Errors by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Darrell Harris was arrested for a home burglary that occurred in December 2018. A detective from the New York Police Department (“NYPD”) told Harris his DNA had been recovered from a window of the …
Perjurous New York City Cop Sentenced to a Single Day in Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Pedro Barbosa lives in New York City. Michael Bergmann is a former New York City cop who was fired from the force for providing false testimony in court that could have sent …
Aggressive NYPD Police Tactics Spreading COVID-19 by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Like a scene out of Will Smith’s movie, Legend, one of the most iconic visual images during the New York City lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 is a photo of a lone policeman on horseback …
COVID-19 Causing Some Pretrial Detainees to Spend More Time in Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In New York, persons accused of felonies are brought before a judge who decides whether to impose bail. Then prosecutors must present the evidence before a grand jury within six days and obtain …
News in Brief by California: The death of David Glen Ward of Petaluma was declared a homicide by the Marin County coroner in May 2020, followed by a lawsuit from David’s mother, Ernestine Ward, alleging wrongful death, excessive force and negligent supervision by Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies. Leading up to …
NY Court of Appeals: Right to Review Suppression Decision When Decision Relates Solely to a Count Satisfied by Plea but Isn’t Count to Which Defendant Pled by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of New York held that N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law (“CPL”) 710.70(2) grants a defendant …
Second Circuit: Three Important Rulings Under First Step Act by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made three important favorable rulings on April 24, 2020, concerning relief under the First Step Act for career offenders, those who get released while their motion …
Cooper v. Clancy, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case 9:19-cv-00362-AMN-ML Document 52 Filed 06/15/20 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ X TRACY YVONNE COOPER, as Administrator of the Estate of TERRY L. COOPER, JR., Plaintiff, -againstCorrection Officer PATRICK M. CLANCY, in his …
Fordham Urban Law Journal, NY, Officer Use of Force and the Failure of Oversight of New York City Jails, 2020 Fordham Urban Law Journal Volume 47 Number 5 Article 4 2020 Officer Use of Force and the Failure of Oversight of New York City Jails Jennifer Ferentz Follow this and …
No Price on Justice, NY, New York's Ferguson Problem, 2020 New York’s Ferguson Problem How the state’s racist fee system punishes poverty, lacks transparency, and is overdue for reform I NT R O D U CTIO N After police in Ferguson, Missouri, killed Michael Brown in 2014, a U.S. Department …
New York City Board of Correction, NY, the Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, 2020 NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION1 The Death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco 1991-2019 June 23, 2020 Authored by Kate McMahon, Deputy General Counsel. Special thanks and acknowledgment to all Board staff and others who assisted or …
Federal Judge Issues Order Reducing 40-Year Stacked § 924(c) Sentence Based on First Step Act Changes to Compassionate Release by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On a cold February 2003 night, my life was shattered. That is when I was arrested and charged with a crack cocaine conspiracy along with …
News in Brief by Arizona: Tucson has a new ordinance topunish those who fail to stay outside designated crime scene perimeters, the Tucson Star reports. The law aims to halt “cop haters” with cameras, but the potential fallout is a stifling of First Amendment rights. While people should not provoke …
Second Circuit: Habeas Petition Not Moot Where It Attacked Inactive Original Order That Gave Rise to Current Active Order Restraining Petitioner’s Liberty by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a habeas petition is not moot where it attacks an earlier …
Divide and Conquer: New Algorithm Examines Crime-Scene Bullets Segment by Segment by by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce On the morning of March 22, 1915, residents of the small town of West Shelby, New York, awoke to a horrific scene. A woman clad only …
