NYPD To Consider Reopening Greenpoint Acquaintance-Rape Cases Amid Uproar – Williamsbridge – DNAinfo New York

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said he was in ongoing talks with the National Organization for Women, though the organization said they hadn’t yet gotten word from his office. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg WILLIAMSBRIDGE — NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said he’s considering reopening unsolved cases of acquaintance rape in Greenpoint following widespread outrage over a precinct…

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Sex Attacks Up 62 Percent in Greenpoint as Most Cases Remain Unsolved – Greenpoint – DNAinfo New York

Reports of sexual attacks in Greenpoint were up 62 percent last year, police said. View Full Caption Flickr/jacobsoboroff GREENPOINT — There has been a 62 percent jump in sex attacks reported in Greenpoint over the last year, with the majority not resulting in arrests, police statistics show. In 2016, the NYPD was told about 13 rapes…

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NYPD Officers Watch Gropers Attack Multiple Victims Before Making Arrests – Midtown – DNAinfo New York

A police officer arrested a man after watching him grope four women near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, according to court documents.View Full Caption DNAinfo/Heather Holland NEW YORK CITY — Police Officer Joseph Pecora watched as a 44-year-old man groped a woman near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on a recent evening — but despite…

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The NYPD Officers Who See Racial Bias in the NYPD – The Atlantic

Defenders of the police department too often ignore credible evidence that its treatment of minorities leaves much room for improvement. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A dozen years ago, City Journal, the quarterly magazine of The Manhattan Institute, published “The Black Cops You Never Hear About” by Heather Mac Donald, one of the sharpest, most eloquent, and zealous…

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