We’re Publishing Thousands of Police Discipline Records That New York Kept Secret for Decades
▻https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-civilian-complaint-review-board-editors-note
ProPublica obtained these police records from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. NYPD unions are suing to halt the city from making the data public. Until last month, New York state prohibited the release of police officers’ disciplinary records. Civilians’ complaints of abuse by officers were a secret. So were investigators’ conclusions. The public couldn’t even know if an officer was punished. The New York City police officer whose use of a prohibited chokehold led to the death (...)
