A man is carried by police officers as arrests are made near Union Square, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. People gathered to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody. The New York Police Department is being forced to acknowledge they have arrested far too many people for
NYPD Admits They Have Been Arresting Too Many People, Considering Amnesty For 1.2 Million
Many of these warrants are for unpaid tickets, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. The city simply cannot afford to jail people for victimless crimes any longer.