NYPD Cop Caught Choking Man On Camera Has Long History of Attacking Black People

Afanador has a long history of violence and brutality towards those he is charged with protecting and serving, especially to African-Americans.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
David Afanador Feature photo

Barely a week after the state made the practice a criminal offense, New York Police Department officer David Afanador was caught on camera yesterday choking a black man unconscious. Video of the incident in Queens shows Afanador and other officers apprehending 35-year-old Ricky Bellevue as his companions plead for his safety: “Stop choking him bro…

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Fake Taxis Among the Latest Tools in the NYPD’s Rights-Busting Crackdown on Protesters

The NYPD is famous for violating civil rights so it comes as no surprise that protests over the police brutality in the city have elicited a violent crackdown from the city’s finest.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
New York Protests Feature photo

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio have declared a curfew until Monday, June 8 in response to ongoing protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The latest method of trapping and arresting those breaking the curfew appears to be the use of fake yellow taxis that are actually

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Muslim Groups Awarded Damages Over Discriminatory NYPD Surveillance

“We have been down similar roads before. Jewish Americans during the Red Scare, African Americans during the civil rights movement, and Japanese Americans during World War II are examples that readily spring to mind.”

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Kameelah Rashad demonstrates Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, outside the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia. The 3rd U.S. Circout Court is scheduled to weigh an appeal of N.J. decision that allows New York City police to spy on Muslim communities in the city and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The New York Police Department reached a settlement with Muslim-owned businesses, mosques, student groups, and others it subjected to discriminatory and suspicionless surveillance. As part of the settlement, businesses and mosques that were spied upon by the NYPD will receive damages for income lost as a result of the stigma and humiliation they

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In NYC When Cops Backed Off, Crime Did Too

The choice to invest in punitive systems instead of stabilizing and nourishing ones does not make our communities safer. A living wage, access to holistic health services and treatment, educational opportunity, and stable housing are more successful in reducing crime than more police or prisons.

Thandisizwe Chimurenga
By Thandisizwe Chimurenga
New York City police officers detain and question a man,, July 11, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

NEW YORK – A couple of weeks ago ProPublica noted that 2017’s murder rate in New York City was down to 291, the lowest since the 1950s. That number is noteworthy in and of itself, but also because of the context in which it occurred: the number of “stops” and “frisks” employed by the NYPD. About 10,000 people were stopped and frisked -- checked for

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Left, Right Or Center – The Police State Does Not Discriminate

America’s militarized police force and its brutal crackdown on protesters is being meted out to Americans across the political spectrum.

John Whitehead
By John Whitehead
Police killings Protest Feature photo

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as

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NYC Cops Making Millions In Suspicious Deals

Robert Lewis on how his reporting triggered an internal investigation of suspicious dealings made by active-duty New York police officers.

Joaquin Sapien
By Joaquin Sapien
APTOPIX NYPD Officers Shot

https://soundcloud.com/propublica/how-a-reporter-found-high-ranking-new-york-cops-were-making-millions-in-questionable-income WNYC radio reporter Robert Lewis had been hounding New York Assistant Police Chief Edward Delatorre for weeks. He’d called. He’d emailed. He’d gone through the New York Public Affairs office. But he was getting nowhere

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