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Kelly Conaboy · 04/27/14 02:20PM

According to a statement released Friday, the NYPD is reviewing a legislative proposal to make New York the first state to prohibit the existence of multiple condoms from being used as evidence in prostitution cases, a practice that advocates say undermines public health goals.

Max Read · 02/26/14 05:20PM

"You cannot police without" stop and frisk, new NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton tells Here & Now. "If you did not have it, then you'd have anarchy." Yes: If you weren't forcibly stopping and frisking young men of color, the city would descend into chaos. Hmm.

A Video of Total Emotional Breakdown Caused By Police Harassment

Hamilton Nolan · 02/24/14 10:49AM

Many videos, from Rodney King onwards, have captured the physical violence of police brutality. Rarer is a video that captures the psychological trauma of someone suffering a complete emotional breakdown in the face of police harassment.

Hamilton Nolan · 01/30/14 12:47PM

New York mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city will end its appeal of a ruling against the NYPD's stop and frisk policy. If everything goes according to plan, slightly fewer minorities will be harassed by cops in New York City in the near future.

Cord Jefferson · 12/17/13 12:23PM

A lawyer tried an experiment with the NYPD: How long would it take him, a white guy in a suit, to get arrested for tagging a government building in plain view of numerous cops? A long time, it turns out. He walked free for days before finally turning himself in. Justice.

Cops Still Monsters

Jordan Sargent · 12/07/13 05:03PM

Last night in Brooklyn, two New York City transit cops stationed at a subway station at Lewis and Broadway in Bed-Stuy heard pounding above them. They walked up to the street to find a man with a cane banging on their patrol car. The two cops approached the man, who swung at them, striking one in the face. The other — naturally, because how else would two people subdue a man who requires the use of a cane — shot the man to the ground. He was taken to the hospital, as were the cops. Take a guess which of three will make it out of the hospital last.