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Availability bias distorts

artappraiser — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:14:53 +0000

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Availability bias distorts people's estimation of stuff like this but the NYPD has gradually reduced use of force since the 1970s, now rarely use their firearms even in dangerous situations. It should be a success story, but positive stuff doesn't sell in media https://t.co/VV3q4IFOlL
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) February 17, 2021

They do not get good press because they are mostly far-from-charming types, sometimes downright nasty--I don't like interacting with them myself if I can at all avoid it--but they really have been "schmeared". We New Yorkers should all be grateful for their amazing success lowering both the crime rate astronomically as well as death by cop for decades. I moved here in late 83 and I saw what it could be like, it was a nightmare, it wasn't as cute and exciting as depicted in the movies, definitely only a place where the privileged young and very healthy could have some fun. Even the Reaganitie rich lived scared, hence Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities.

the Brooklyn Borough

artappraiser — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:53:55 +0000

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the Brooklyn Borough President has a very ambitious and detailed plan to deal with all of this

Last night, two people were killed and two others injured in a horrific series of subway stabbings across our city. These attacks, which are believed by the NYPD to be related, come amid a surge in violence on our subways.

A thread https://t.co/I0gy9gAftC
— Eric Adams (@BKBoroHall) February 13, 2021

Just one problem: sounds REAL expensive, wonder who he plans to get to pay for it. Cause the wealthy all moved residency, no hotel taxes coming in right now, etc. Immigrant small business people? (I can guess the answer: NO!) And the forced treatment for those judged mentally ill? ay yi yi, I can see the civil rights suits already. Pie in sky?

Plus just a reminder: we had

artappraiser — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:52:13 +0000

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Plus just a reminder: we had a miraculously low violent crime rate without any of that, for quite a length of time.

meanwhile, Minneapolis city

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:45:39 +0000

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meanwhile, Minneapolis city council changed their mind and, oops, and it's gonna cost them:

Minneapolis to spend $6.4M to recruit more police officers

48 minutes ago @ AP.com, my underlining

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4 million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the police department following George Floyd’s death.

The City Council voted unanimously Friday to approve the additional funding that police requested. The department says it only has 638 officers available to work — roughly 200 fewer than usual. An unprecedented number of officers quit or went on extended medical leave after Floyd’s death and the unrest that followed, which included the burning of a police precinct.

With new recruit classes, the city anticipates it will have 674 officers available at the end of the year, with another 28 in the hiring process, the Star Tribune reported [....]

these guys are definitely

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:34:55 +0000

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these guys are definitely asking for more cops and tougher policing, they are asking for tough policing and punishment for anti-social behavior, not a slap on the wrist, and they are not asking for social workers:

Union Leaders Demand Harsher Penalties for People Who Spit on NYC Transit Workers

By Alyssa Paolicelli Manhattan @ NY1.com, UPDATED 9:52 PM ET Feb. 12, 2021

NEW YORK — Robert Singh has been a Metro-North Railroad conductor for nine years. In September, a commuter spit at Singh after the conductor said he could not ride the train without a ticket.

"It was completely unexpected, it was unprovoked,” Singh said Friday. “There was no altercation with the person, it was a normal regular conversation."

Singh was taken to the hospital, tested for COVID-19 and HIV, and given medication. As a result, he said, he missed work without pay for five weeks.

The police never caught his attacker, but even if they did, Singh said it would not have mattered.

"You get a ticket, you pay the ticket, your life goes on. What happens to the person you spit at?” questioned Singh.

A coalition of transit worker unions say MTA bus, subway and commuter railroad workers were spat at more than 200 times last year.

A proposal in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget would make spitting and other forms of aggravated harassment against transit workers punishable by up to one year behind bars.

Bus operators like Wayne Nelson are now calling on the state legislature to pass the proposal. He says he was driving an M7 bus in Manhattan when a commuter who refused to wear a mask spat at him.

"We need better protection and we need to be much more respected,” Nelson said at a Friday news conference in Manhattan with the Transport Workers Union demanding more punishment.

There were about 60 more assaults and cases of aggravated harassment, which includes spitting, against transit workers in January than in December.

But a police officer has to witness an incident of aggravated harassment before an arrest can be made. The governor's proposal would do away with this standard and allow officers to investigate based on an incident report that a transit worker files [....]

in NYC, DeBlasio just trying

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:26:39 +0000

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in NYC, DeBlasio just trying to shove it the whole thing under the rug as usual, soooo...

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson Defends Bills to Overhaul Policing

By Faraz Toor New York City @ NY1.com, PUBLISHED 8:39 PM ET Feb. 11, 2021

NEW YORK — City Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Thursday night defended a package of criminal justice and police reform bills, including one to end qualified immunity for NYPD officers that he called a “no-brainer.”

“These are big bills. It would change the footprint of policing in New York City,” Johnson said in an interview with NY1’s Bobby Cuza on Inside City Hall. “It builds on many of the calls for reform that happened last year after the murder of George Floyd.”

The Council introduced the 11 bills Thursday in an attempt to reshape the police department and increase officer accountability. They initially announced the package of bills late last month.

In addition to ending qualified immunity — which prevents officers from being sued and being liable for misconduct — the package of bills includes:

Calling on the state to remove the police commissioner’s exclusive authority over police discipline and send it to an independent body

Giving the City Council a greater say over future police commissioners’ actions, and would requiring the mayor to seek Council approval for appointing a police commissioner

Investigating police officers with a history of bias

Requiring the NYPD to issue a quarterly report on traffic stops

Creating a non-police emergency response unit for mental health calls

Reforming the role of school safety officers

Requiring reporting on the turnover rate of school safety

Transferring crash investigations to the city transportation department

Johnson stressed that the city needs an overhaul of policing, and noted that the city is on a deadline to do so. Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order mandating that localities in New York state reinvent their police departments. Localities that do not make changes by April 1 will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently pushed new disciplinary guidelines for the NYPD, is expected to come up with his own plan for police reform in the coming weeks. Johnson says he is not sure if de Blasio will support the 11 bills because he and the mayor have not spoken about them.

“I’m sure there will be some negotiation, but the NYPD and the mayor’s office testified at a Council hearing about a month ago and they didn’t have much to share with us at that point. So we’re plowing ahead with common sense reforms,” Johnson said [....]

Calls for more cops on NYC

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:16:23 +0000

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Calls for more cops on NYC subway grow louder following A train carnage

By David Meyer and Dean Balsamini @ NYPost.com, February 13, 2021 | 6:03pm

The outcry for more cops on city subways reached a fever pitch Saturday in the wake of a killer’s rampage on the A line. And the NYPD appeared to be listening, announcing at least 500 more officers would be on patrol underground by Monday.

Shell-shocked riders and angry officials pulled no punches in demanding safer subways, as a massive manhunt got underway for a lone madman believed to be responsible for fatally stabbing two homeless people and slashing two others in a 14-hour span Friday and Saturday.

Shaken straphangers at the A train’s Far Rockaway Mott Avenue station called for stepped-up security, including increased patrols and even metal detectors.

“It’s scary. It’s really scary. I’ve never felt safe on the subway, but I’ve always known I’ve had to take them,” said Marissa Augustus, 17. “I’m scared for my life.”

Maurice Moore, 33, said the subways are simply not safe at night anymore [.....]

Minnesota officials clash on

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:08:16 +0000

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Minnesota officials clash on security plan for Chauvin trial

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM @ dailyjournal.net, 2/13/21 5:08 PM

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota politicians clashed Wednesday over who should pay for security during next month’s murder trial of the former police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck, a proceeding certain to bring the city heightened attention and the potential for more unrest.

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz highlighted a proposed $35 million State Aid for Emergencies account that would reimburse local governments for “unplanned or extraordinary public safety events.” The funding is aimed at helping law enforcement prepare for protests over the trial starting March 8 for Derek Chauvin, the white officer who pressed his knee into the neck of Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed and pleading for air.

“If we’re not able to put this account in place, it hampers plans that have been being made for these trials for months,” the governor said at a news conference. “This is an opportunity for Minnesota to put a face forward to the world to show that we can protect First Amendment rights and we can make sure that public safety is adhered to.”

The proposal has drawn resistance from rural Republicans who say their communities shouldn’t be forced to “bail out” Minneapolis and St. Paul. GOP Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said in a statement Wednesday that his caucus will introduce an alternative plan later this week that would reimburse law enforcement agencies for mutual aid “without taking general fund dollars away from education, healthcare, or transportation.”

“We are not going to bail out (the) Minneapolis city council after they have made cuts to the public safety budget,” he said. “Actions to defund the police have consequences.”

House Republicans echoed Gazelka’s statement at a news conference of their own, saying the proposed fund does not address what they see as the increasing demonization of law enforcement.

The governor was criticized by Republicans last summer for not sending in the National Guard sooner to quell unrest that turned violent in Minneapolis and St. Paul after Floyd’s death sparked worldwide protests.

Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said the state is coordinating with the FBI and the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force, in addition to more than 200 chief law enforcement officers across the state, to prepare for next month’s trial. Harrington said the proposed fund would help reimburse law enforcement agencies from other parts of Minnesota, which he said are willing to send personnel but concerned about the extra costs.

The House public safety committee approved the proposal Tuesday, with an additional provision requiring law enforcement agencies to follow a model policy created by the state’s police licensing board for responding to protests. While Walz said he hopes the proposal can get approved by Monday to give agencies time to prepare, the bill does not yet have a companion in the GOP-controlled Senate.

Local CBS version from last

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:57:32 +0000

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Local CBS version from last night, WITH VIDEO

Arrests Reported After Protesters, Police Clash In Midtown

By CBSNewYork Team February 12, 2021 at 11:50 pm

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Protesters clashed with police in Midtown on Friday night.

We’re told the group is part of the Defund the Police and Black Lives Matter movements.

Videos show tense moments as they marched on 54th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway.

Police say a member of the press was punched in the face. His injuries were not serious and he refused medical attention.

An NYPD van was also reportedly vandalized.

At least 11 people were arrested.