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Etan Patz Suspect Charged With Murder

John Johnson — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:58:38 CDT

The confession of a New Jersey man in the killing of young Etan Patz in 1979 apparently has the ring of truth to it: NYPD Chief Raymond Kelly announced tonight that Pedro Hernandez has been charged with second-degree murder. Hernandez told police that he lured the 6-year-old into the basement...

First Occupy Trial Ends in Acquittal, Thanks to Video

John Johnson — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:12:01 CDT

The Village Voice reports on a milestone of sorts for the Occupy Wall Street movement: The first of thousands of arrests on charges of disorderly conduct made it to trial, only to end in acquittal. NYPD arrested photographer Alexander Arbuckle on Jan. 1 and accused him of standing in the...

FBI Targets New Suspect in Patz Case

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:06:38 CDT

The FBI has a new suspect in the 33-year-old disappearance of Etan Patz: a wood shop owner who once used the SoHo basement where cops are now digging for Patz's body, the New York Post reports. Othniel Miller, a 75-year-old living in Brooklyn, fell under suspicion after his ex-wife recently...

NYPD Infiltrated Liberal Groups

Kevin Spak — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:11:05 CDT

Looks like Muslims aren't the only ones the NYPD has spied on . The AP has uncovered documents showing that undercover NYPD officers infiltrated liberal political organizations, attending meetings and keeping intelligence files on activists. The effort ranged well outside their jurisdiction; in April 2008, for example, an officer was sent...

NYPD's Muslim Surveillance Used White House Funds

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:48:42 CST

The NYPD's controversial Muslim surveillance programs were funded in part by millions of dollars directly from the Bush and Obama administrations, the AP reports. Since the 9/11 attacks, $135 million has been provided through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program (HIDTA), which hands out grants, under the watch of...

Newark to Probe NYPD Muslim Spying

Kevin Spak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:11:20 CST

When the AP showed Newark Mayor Cory Booker a file detailing the extent to which the NYPD's " Demographics Unit " had spied on his city's Muslims, he was caught off-guard. "Wow," he said. "This raises a number of concerns." Soon after, he said he'd launched an investigation. "We're going to get...

NYPD Tracked Muslim Students Far Beyond City

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:29:36 CST

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. Police talked with local authorities about professors 300 miles away in Buffalo and even sent...

NYPD Chief's Son Won't Face Rape Charges

John Johnson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:43 CST

The son of NYPD chief Raymond Kelly will not face rape charges over a high-profile accusation that emerged last month, reports DNAinfo . Both the Daily News and New York Times also say that Greg Kelly—TV host of Good Day New York and the son of police chief Raymond Kelly—...

Cancer Rates Triple for 9/11 Cops

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:10:09 CST

The federal government denies any cancer danger for 9/11 first responders, but a new study begs to differ. The New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association released data today that cancer rates have nearly tripled among NYPD officers since the terror attack, the New York Post reports. The first-of-its-kind study also reveals...