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New York City Agrees to Pay Hundreds of Black Lives Matter Demonstrators For Arrest Tactics

The New York City government has agreed to pay more than 300 Black Lives Matter demonstrators $21,500 each to settle a lawsuit over the crowd control tactics policy used in response to demonstrations in the summer of 2020. In July 2020, a group of four activists brought a lawsuit against the city on behalf of…


LIVE 12:45 PM ET: Civil Rights Attorney to Sue FBI, NYPD Over Malcolm X Assassination

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will announce at 12:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 21 that he will file a notice of claim with intent to sue government agencies for the alleged assassination and fraudulent concealment of evidence regarding Malcolm X’s murder. Malcolm X’s daughters and co-counsel Ray Hamlin will join him at the news conference….


LIVE NOW: Civil Rights Attorney to Sue FBI, NYPD Over Malcolm X Assassination

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will announce at 12:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 21 that he will file a notice of claim with intent to sue government agencies for the alleged assassination and fraudulent concealment of evidence regarding Malcolm X’s murder. Malcolm X’s daughters and co-counsel Ray Hamlin will join him at the news conference….


Civil Rights Attorney to Sue FBI, NYPD Over Malcolm X Assassination

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will announce at 12:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 21 that he will file a notice of claim with intent to sue government agencies for the alleged assassination and fraudulent concealment of evidence regarding Malcolm X’s murder. Malcolm X’s daughters and co-counsel Ray Hamlin will join him at the news conference….


Violent Attacks on Police Officers Are Increasing

Commentary Working as a police officer is dangerous. According to a report published by ISHN, a magazine dedicated to health and safety, “compared with the average job nationwide, based upon the workplace fatality rate,” working as a police officer is 4.1 times more dangerous. Police officers now have a workplace fatality rate “similar to maintenance…


War Comes Full Circle: How a Crime-Fighting Cop Revolutionized Urban Warfare

Commentary Total darkness. The other side of midnight. For the first time in his 20 years of service with NYPD, Sergeant Don Young was paralyzed and didn’t know what to do. On a clear cloudless day in lower Manhattan, he had suddenly been plunged into a total black hole of smoke. At approximately 10:28 a.m….


NYPD, Queens DA Arrest 23 of NYC’s ‘Most Dangerous’ Gang Members in Joint Operation

Approximately 23 of the “most dangerous” individuals in New York City have been arrested by NYPD following a two-year investigation that was sparked by the death of a mother-of-two killed by a stray bullet. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the arrests of the two subsets of the “Crips” street gang in a…


NYPD Officer Dies After Being Shot in Botched Robbery While Off Duty

An off-duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer has died days after being shot in the head during an attempted robbery in Brooklyn on Feb. 4, officials have confirmed. The officer, 26-year-old Adeed Fayaz, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell confirmed. His death came just hours after a suspect was arrested. “Police…


Off-Duty New York City Police Officer Shot in Robbery Dies

NEW YORK—An off-duty New York City police officer who was shot in the head during a botched robbery died Tuesday, the police commissioner said as officials also announced a murder charge against a suspect. Officer Adeed Fayaz, 26, was shot Saturday in Brooklyn, where he and his brother-in-law went to buy a car posted on…


New Details Emerge in Shooting of Off-Duty Cop in Brooklyn

New details have emerged in the shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer in Brooklyn over the weekend. Police are still searching for the suspect who shot and critically wounded the off-duty officer in an attempted robbery on Feb. 3, at around 7 p.m. in East New York, Brooklyn. NYC officials said the officer set up…