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NY Attorney General Letitia James Faces Subpoena
Has the Pandemic Impacted the Murder Stats in Brooklyn?
Looking back on 2020, conflicting statistics for crime stood out here in Brooklyn and citywide. During the year that saw us go into lockdown and the streets go empty, we also saw overall crime go down. That made sense. The conflicting part? Murders were up. And not just a little. This wasn’t just true for […]
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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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