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Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1999. The Court decided that mitigating measures should be taken into account when determining whether one's impairment constitutes a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
On May 19, a second rally marching to City Hall through Mott Street was held with CCBA support; with 10,000-20,000 in attendance, it was considered one of the biggest protests by Asian-Americans up to that point, with many Chinatown businesses shutting down for most of the day and hanging signs with the words "Closed to Protest Police Brutality".
Use of the chokehold has been prohibited by New York City Police Department policy since 1993. [48] The NYPD later arrested Ramsey Orta, who is the civilian who recorded the video of the encounter. [49] The final autopsy report in Garner's death showed that he neither had drugs nor alcohol in his system, nor did he sustain head trauma. [50]
Citizen-activists in New York City had called for a civilian review board to exercise police oversight since the 1940s. Support for these measures grew following incidents of police brutality, particularly the 1943 police shooting of Robert Bandy and the 1964 murder of James Powell.
A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S ...
NYPD says crime rates are down in city and on the subway. In a Dec. 3 news release, the New York Police Department (NYPD) reported that crime rates are down in the city: Major crimes were down 1.9 ...
Pages in category "New York City Police Department corruption and misconduct" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An employee of a Brooklyn homeless shelter was brutally stabbed outside the facility on Thursday night, say police. ... with over 58,000 currently being cared for by New York City's taxpayers, per ...