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NYPD Cops Could Be Wearing Body Cameras Soon

Andy Cush · 08/22/14 10:13AM

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James unveiled a proposal yesterday that would outfit NYPD officers with body cameras to record their interactions with the public. After the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, James said, cameras "would go a long way toward providing an objective record of what happened either before or after an incident."

The NYPD Keeps Coming Up With Ways to Arrest Poor People

Andy Cush · 08/18/14 09:30AM

Every day, a contingent of New Yorkers, moving in shadows, manages to board the subway without paying the fare—hopping turnstiles and slipping through propped-open service doors on their way to school, or work, or home. Who will defend the city from these monsters?