There often is a double standard when it comes to criminal justice. One set of laws for the rich and another for the rest of us. In New York, there appears to be a double standard as well. One level of punishment for white-collar crooks and one for everyone else.
READ MOREFree Speech May Not Be Free Any Longer
The First Amendment promises the right to Free Speech. Under the current administration that may be a thing of the past even while NYCLU keeps an eye on Big Apple’s “law enforcement.”
READ MOREA Sixty-Year-Old New York Mystery May Affect A 2018 Investigation
A sixty-year old New York mystery may block Special Prosecutor Mueller’s effort to release grand jury testimony.
READ MORENew York Representative Hopes To End White Privilege Habit Of Calling Police For Persons Being Black
If one New York State representative achieves his goal, calling law enforcement on someone based on race could be illegal and force the caller to pay a fine.
READ MOREWhat Can Sheldon Silver Expect In Prison?
When Sheldon Silver, the disgraced ex-speaker of the New York state Assembly, was sentenced to seven years behind bars, observers wondered which ‘Club Fed” the 74-year-old would be sent to.
READ MOREWill Michael Cohen Go The Way Of Sammy “The Bull”
In a way, the scandals swirling around The White House have started to look like a mob film as the ‘catch-and-flip’ technique is being increasingly employed by law enforcement. The latest fish to be caught in the net? Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen.
READ MORENew York Busts Arrests For Overtime Pay
For decades, New York Police Officers have routinely padded their paychecks with overtime pay made possible by being creative with arrests and collusion.
READ MOREFruit Of The Poisonous Tree Often Used To Trigger Local Arrests
Local arrests are not always locally affected. Often the so-called evidence has been provided to state and local authorities through the illicit complicity between the National Security Agency (NSA) and various branches of the federal government.
READ MOREWhen The Sexual Predator Is A Cop
The issue of law enforcement officers sexually assaulting inmates and detainees isn’t new. What’s also not new is the tendency of cities, municipalities, and governments to look the other way. Some studies show the problem is widespread.
READ MORENew York Crime Lessens Above Ground But The Subway Makes Up For It
While New York City’s streets are safer today, crime is spiking along the underground.
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