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Op-Ed: Exposing – and Ending – Police Lies

In a Gotham Gazette op-ed, Legal Aid Society attorneys Rigodis Appling & Jason Wu speak to the consequences of a police culture where lies and the violation of rights is a norm.

LAS Calls On NYPD to Fire Officers Involved in Attack on Client

Legal Aid also demands that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance dismiss all pending charges relating to this case, reports The City.

Opinion: Cops are Using Fear to Fight Reform

Marie Ndiaye, Supervising Attorney of our Decarceration Project, penned an op-ed in City Limits on the fear-mongering and dog-whistling tactics employed by the NYPD to resist reform.

LAS Slams False Narrative Peddled by NYPD to Undermine Reforms

Newly released data contradicts claims from the NYPD that crime increases have any relation to bail reforms, mass release efforts, reports Gothamist.

LAS Responds to AG James’s Report on NYPD’s Reaction to Protests

AG James recommends sweeping reforms to overhaul the NYPD, reports the New York Daily News.

LAS Condemns NYPD Campaign to Undermine Criminal Justice Reform

NYPD continues to baselessly fault long-needed reforms to resist fundamental change, reports NY1.

LAS Breaks Down How NYPD Surveillance Tech Leads to Over-Policing

Gunshot detection technology draws communities of color into more police interactions, reports The City.

LAS Launches Cop Accountability Clinic to Assist Protesters in Filing Notice of Claims, CCRB Complaints

Roughly 500 Volunteer Attorneys On Hand To Assist New Yorkers, reports the New York Law Journal.

LAS Condemns NYPD for Continuing to Add Innocent New Yorkers to DNA Database

Despite promises to reduce the local DNA database, the City has added over 1,800 profiles since February of this year, reports NY1.

LAS Files Motion to Vacate Conviction for Jason Serrano, Client Ensnared in NYPD Marijuana Planting Scheme

New BWC Footage Reveals Likely Marijuana Stashed On NYPD Officers' Cruiser Floor, reports Gothamist.