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New York Police Department

Guns collected in the Guns 4 Greatness gun buyback program

Buyback program removes 115 guns from NYC

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - The Guns 4 Greatness gun buyback program, which was officially launched by entertainment manager Michael "Blue" Williams last week, removed 115 guns from New York City streets during its first event, the New York City Police Department confirms...
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NYC teen stopped and frisked for being a 'mutt'

Hassan Washington
theGRIO REPORT - The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices have raised serious concerns over racial profiling, illegal stops and privacy rights. In new audio recordings of allegedly of the NYPD performing a stop-and-frisk of a 16-year-old Harlem teen...
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NYC apologizes for sending bill to man killed by cop car

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Last month Laverne Dobbinson received a letter addressed to her son, Tamon Robinson, charging him $710 for damages to a New York police car that struck and killed him in April.
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Poll: NYC voters approve of NYPD's job performance

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NEW YORK (AP) - Most city voters think the New York Police Department has been effective in fighting terrorism, and a majority say the NYPD has acted appropriately in its dealing with Muslims...
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Civil rights groups: Investigate NYPD spying

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Civil rights groups in the Northeast pressed Thursday for an investigation of the New York Police Department's secret surveillance of Muslims in the region...
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White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance...
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2 black woman command NYPD precinct for first time ever

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NEW YORK - Capt. Vanessa Kight was picked last week to be executive officer to Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes, who was made commander of the 81st Precinct...
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Alleged NYPD misconduct caught on video

Deron Dalton
NEW YORK - Lawyer of hip-hop group, Monumental 5, said aggressive officers became enraged when their accused racially-profiled attack was caught on amateur video...
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Hair, hair! Off-duty NY cop praised in salon heist

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NEW YORK (AP) - The result was cinematic: the cop managed to both shoot the suspect's gun out of his hand and the handle off the front door, briefly blocking his escape...
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