New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases
www.propublica.org
The City Council members’ call for reform comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban had repeatedly short-circuited disciplinary cases against officers accused of abuse.
  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It absolutely needs to happen.

    But I wouldn’t expect a warlord to give up power when they don’t have to, and that’s essentially what the NYC police commissioner is.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      The fact that the commissioner has this power in the first place and that they even have to ask is ridiculous to me, it’s like “Camp Crystal Lake residents suggest disarming Voorhees’ artillery”

      • Live Your Lives@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I guess I can see that, it is ridiculous. The difference is that this news comes across as completely believable to me instead of as skirting the line of believability like a “proper” post would do.