Mental Health Response Teams Proved Effective in New York City by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian No one should fear picking up the phone and asking for help. This is the premise of Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (known as “B-HEARD”), a recently launched mental health program in …
Jones v. Stanford, NY,Settlement, Social Media Ban, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-01332-RJD-JRC Document 73 Filed 01/24/22 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 690 Case 1:20-cv-01 332-RJD-JRC Document 72 Filed 01/19/22 Page 1 of 16 PagelD #: 674 UN ITED STATES DISTRICT COU RT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------- ---------- X VERNON …
Second Circuit Announces Defendant Need Only Produce ‘Some Credible’ Evidence for Jury Instruction on Entrapment Defense, Clarifying It’s a Burden of Production, Not Persuasion by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit announced that for purposes of the defense of entrapment, the defendant …
News in Brief by Arizona: The family of a homeless and mentally ill man who died after being restrained by Phoenix cops in 2017 will get $5 million from the city, after a 7-2 city council vote in favor of the payment on November 17, 2021, according to a report …
News in Brief by Arizona: Claims for $300,000 were filed in September 2021 against the city of Chandler, Arizona, in advance of a lawsuit planned by two activists arrested during a protest against police brutality six months earlier. According to a report by the Phoenix New Times, the men, Darien …
Brooklyn DA Releases List of Untrustworthy Cops by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The District Attorney’s Office for Brooklyn, New York, released a list of New York City Police Department officers who cannot testify in court because of prior misconduct. Known as a Brady (or more precisely for New …
Montana Supreme Court: Defendant’s Due Process Rights Violated by Delayed Initial Appearance for Two Years While Jailed in New York on Out-of-State Warrant by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Montana held that a defendant’s due process rights were violated by the State’s failure to bring …
NYPD Training Deprioritizes First Amendment Education in Policing Protests by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian A recent cache of internal training documents from the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) was released pursuant to a Freedom of Information Law request by The Intercept. The documents pertain to training for “Civil …
Queens DA Tosses 60 Convictions Tied to Lying or Predatory Cops by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Thanks to misconduct that has tainted the testimony of three now-fired New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) cops, the resulting convictions of 60 people will be vacated and expunged after a judge …
City of NY Board of Correction Resolution Nov 2021 BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF CORRECTION NOVEMBER 9, 2021 PUBLIC MEETING WHEREAS, on June 9, 2021, pursuant to its authority under Section 626(e) of the New York City Charter (the Charter), the Board approved …
City of NY Dept of Investigation - Report Examing the Use of NYPD's Body Worn Camera Footage, 2021 The City of New York Department of Investigation MARGARET GARNETT COMMISSIONER Release #21-2021 nyc.gov/doi 180 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK, NY 10038 212-825-5900 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 CONTACT: DIANE STRUZZI …
Discipline Recommended for 65 NYPD Cops for Response to BLM Protests by A New York City citizen oversight board recommended discipline on October 18, 2021, for 65 city police officers over their response to Black Lives Matter protests that erupted in the summer of 2020, after the killing of George …
NY Board of Correction, Report and Recommendations Re Attempted Suicide of Nicholas Feliciano, 2021 NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION A Report and Recommendations on the November 2019 Attempted Suicide of Mr. Nicholas Feliciano1 October 18, 2021 Authored by Kate McMahon, Deputy General Counsel. Thank you to the following BOC …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama cop convicted of murdering a mentally ill and suicidal man in his own home reported to a state prison in Montgomery on September 6, 2021, to begin serving a 25-year sentence he received for the crime, according to Huntsville TV station WAFF. …
Justice Department Bans Chokeholds and Restricts No-Knock Entries for Federal Agents by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)—parent agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the U.S. Marshals Service; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives—announced on September 14, …
NYC’s Stop-and-Frisk Still Targets Based on Race by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins New York City’s 2021 mayoral candidates faced the same issues that plague every metropolitan area—crime, COVID, climate change—but questions about the city’s allegedly reformed “stop-and-frisk” policy occupied a prominent place in the debates. The practice, which began …
Second Circuit: Autopsy Report Is ‘Testimonial’ for Confrontation Clause Purposes, Habeas Relief Granted by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the grant of habeas corpus relief to a New York state prisoner, finding that his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation was …
Agnew v. NYC Dept of Correction, NY, Petition-Mandamus to Compel, Prison Conditions, 2021 INDEX NO. 813431/2021E FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 10/04/2021 01:10 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/04/2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF THE BRONX Matter of JOSEPH AGNEW, ANTHONY GANG, TYRONE GREENE …
News in Brief by California: Five Southern California cops were placed on leave in June 2021 after a video surfaced showing them attacking suspects, according to reports by the Washington Post. On June 10, 2021, four Glendale police officers went on paid leave while an investigation was opened into their response to …
Report: NYPD Sold Almost 22,000 of the 55,000 Phones Seized Last Year by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The law of the land is that the “search incident to arrest” exception to the warrant requirement does not apply to the contents of a cellphone. But what about seizures of cellphones? …
