NEW YORK-Police say that Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, admitted to fire-bombing five separate locations due to ongoing problems with the establishments. Police also say that Lengend made anti-Muslim statements and said that he firebombed the Al-Khoei Islamic Center because he wasn’t allowed to use their bathroom. The New York Daily News reports: He made “broad […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Several Muslim leaders have declined invitations to the mayor’s annual year-end interfaith breakfast, saying they’re upset at police department efforts to infiltrate mosques and spy on Muslim neighborhoods. SEE ALSO: Obama To Bomb Iran? The imams and activists said in a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg that they’re disturbed at his […]

New York college student Nicholas K. Peart writes a disturbing yet familiar article in the New York Times about his experience with the police, entitled “Why Is the NYPD After Me?” RELATED: Black Males and Cops: Are We Living in a Police State Peart initially explains that even though his mother gave him an ominous […]

Closing arguments in the trial of Michael Carey and Gescard Isnora, two New York Police officers charged in the shooting death of Sean Bell, are expected Wednesday. See Also: North Carolina Police May Not Answer Calls Without Gas Money See Also: 2 NYPD Officers Face Discipline Trial In Shooting Black Heritage Walking Tour Boston The officers, accused […]

The New York  Police Department’s “Stop and Frisk” policy is under fire in the wake of a controversy involving a Staten Island officer caught on tape bragging about falsely arresting a Black man after a stop. See als0: Pepper Spray NYPD Officer, Transferred To Work In Staten Island See also: Harlem Is The Spiritual Home Of Black […]

The NYPD officer who pepper sprayed Occupy Wall Street protestors for no apparent reason last month, has been transferred out of his station to work in Staten Island. The officer, Anthony Bologna, has been reassigned from his position of Deputy Inspector to Special Projects Coordinator. He will also lose 10 paid vacation days, docked from […]

NEW YORK — Five New York police officers were arrested for selling illegal cigarettes, guns and counterfeit goods. The arrest happened in a sting at the Brooklyn 68th precinct. Related: Black Travel: Visit The Shrine In Chicago The New York Daily News reports: The informant and undercover agents working with him hired various members of […]

NEW YORK — A woman testified in a police corruption trial that the Brooklyn South Narcotics police squad would give her crack cocaine and force her to perform sex acts on them. The woman, Melanie Perez, said that she was introduced to other cops and even received a Christmas gift for her efforts. The trial […]

Princeton professor and civil rights activist Cornel West was arrested this afternoon in New York at a protest against the NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” protests. West was arrested this past weekend for another protest he was involved in. The picture above was captured by Russia Today producer Lucy Kafanov. The issue has been picking up steam […]

NEW YORK — A Black Iraq war veteran Iraq war veteran confronted NYPD officers for violent tactics against Occupy Wall Street protesters this past weekend near the site of the protests. Police did not attempt to quiet Sergeant Shemar Thomas as he gave an impassioned speech about protests in Iraq and New York. Occupy Gifts! […]