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Archives for March 2021
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Fatal Stabbing on Mother’s Day in Jackson Heights
Good Cops, Bad Cops, And The Chokehold Debate
It’s been nearly a year since the nation witnessed the horror of four Minneapolis police officers cause the death of George Floyd, initiating nationwide protests and unrest and our new state anti-chokehold law. Shortly after, however, one of ours was caught using that banned hold after an incident at Rockaway Beach. While getting far less […]
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A Costly Error
Recently, the Correction Department at Rikers Island mistakenly released a Brooklyn murder suspect who had been incarcerated without bail for three years. The suspect, Christopher Buggs, was awaiting trial for the alleged shooting of another man in 2018 outside a deli. The mix-up came about because Buggs was also serving 30 days for a criminal […]
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Harsh Mandatory Sentencing for Assault and Increases in New York Crime
Recently, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office indicted a person on 52 charges of assault, strangulation, and burglary as hate crimes. The victims were women targeted because of their light-skinned complexion. The district attorney’s office identified the defendant as Khari Covington. The incidents charged in the indictment occurred during seven instances over a six-month period in […]
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