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Op-Ed: Social Distancing Doesn’t Matter When it Comes to Racist, Aggressive Policing

Rigodis Appling, a LAS attorney and member of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid caucus, slams the NYPD for continuing its discriminatory policing policy towards minorities in today's Truthout.

LAS Slams NYPD for Neglecting Social Distancing in Social Media Posts

Officers are still clustering in large groups while on patrol, which is dangerous for them and dangerous for the community members they interact with, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

LTE: NYPD Must Re-Evaluate Police Priorities to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19

Jennvine Wong, a staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society's Cop Accountability Project, penned a letter to the editor in today’s New York Daily News calling on the NYPD to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 as infection rates continue to skyrocket among officers.

LAS Calls on Mayor, NYPD to Modify Policing Practices Putting Communities at Risk of COVID-19

Despite a decrease in crime and a rapid increase of confirmed cases amongst the NYPD, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea has not committed to any policy changes, reports The Intercept.

LAS Decries Increased NYPD Enforcement During COVID-19

Arresting New Yorkers for not practicing social distancing is not only against provided guidelines but also helps COVID-19 spread, reports the Intercept.

LAS Calls for Firing of NYPD Officers Involved in Marijuana Planting Scheme

In a video published by The Intercept, the officers appear to plant marijuana in a car to justify an otherwise entirely unlawful stop-and-search.

NYC Defenders Call for Council Hearing on NYPD Crime Stat Manipulation

This request comes after an analysis of data that revealed docketed cases have plummeted by almost 20 percent throughout the city in the first two months of 2020, according to POLITICO.

LAS Slams NYPD for Piecemeal Changes to its Facial Recognition Policy

The policy will most likely still disproportionately impact New Yorkers of color, reports AM New York.

LAS, Emery Celli File Lawsuit for Woman Illegally Shackled During Labor

NYPD officers handcuffed and shackled the 22-year old during and after the delivery of her newborn son, according to the New York Daily News.

Public Defenders Call Out NYPD on Fearmongering, Lies About Crime Increase

The Legal Aid Society, along with other local defenders, released a joint analysis of data that shows a sharp decline in the number of new criminal cases throughout the city in the first two months of 2020, as compared with the same period last year, according to the New York Post.