146 NYC police committed misconduct in 2020 protests: Report

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://apnews.com/article/politics-protests-and-demonstrations-george-floyd-new-york-city-505491e2bf8657df2448fcc99520ba6e

Nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd, according to a report released Monday by a civilian review board.

The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, or CCRB, also found that many officers disciplined by the police department received punishment that was less than the panel recommended, and in some cases officers found to have committed misconduct were not disciplined at all.

Investigations into more than 600 complaints about police conduct during the protests had to be closed because officers could not be identified. In many cases that was because police purposely wore mourning bands over their badges or refused to provide their names, or because the department failed to track where officers were deployed, the 590-page report says.

The board received 321 complaints during the protests that were determined to be within its jurisdiction and 226 were investigated.

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1. We need police to start

policing themselves.

[The Magistrate]

2. 'Police the Police!' Is What Had the Crowds Out

It is no root and branch solution, but could be some mitigation of the immediate problem.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

3. Find a doctor, a lawyer, a nurse, a teacher

Or any other professional I can think of guilty of misconduct, their professional license is in jeopardy. That misconduct will follow them, wherever they go, for the duration of their career.
I’m not sure police even have a license. No governing board to enforce standards and ethics. But policing is a profession?
Lack of accountability is not a professional standard.


I have a heart from someone! Thank you!
Now, if I only had a brain…

[RockRaven]

4. That second sentence in the excerpt is the kicker. Well, the third is too.

It's not a few bad apples. It's not many bad apples. The barrel is corrupt and corrupting. The department systematically enables and excuses misconduct. That's why people say ACAB.