NYPD

Feb. 20, 2017 (Fault Lines) – There’s a famous New Yorker cartoon, View of the World from 9th Avenue, about the way Manhattanites see the rest of America – or maybe the rest of America sees...

November 18, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Early in the morning of August 19, 2012, Enger Javier’s life took a radical turn for the worse. At around 1:20 AM, Javier, then a 22-year-old member of NYC’s Trinitarios...

October 27, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Whenever the president of the New York City PBA speaks, it’s important to remember that he has a job to do. And contrary to popular belief, if he doesn’t do...

October 5, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If you ever fought a traffic ticket in court, you are aware that your adversary will be the police officer who wrote you the ticket. The officer becomes the de-facto...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) – From college kids to Saudi royalty, people like to drink. We always have. For over ten thousand years, we’ve been fermenting nearly anything we could get our hands on. The...

August 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) – On July 23, 2014, Jahmiel Cuffee was in a driveway when he was accosted by NY Police Officer Joel Edouard and two other officers. The officers claimed that Cuffee had...

July 14, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In the wake of a week of debates over black lives versus blue lives, NYPD officer Wayne Isaacs has been removed from active duty and placed on a desk during...

June 10, 2016 (Mimesis Law) – In April, we reported on an ambitious project: the FBI was investigating the NYPD, as well as high-ranking officials like corrections union president Norman Seabrook, for possible corruption. The FBI...

June 8, 2016 (Mimesis Law) – Say what you like about the NYPD, it rarely disappoints. Well, except when it comes to respect for the rule of law and New Yorkers’ constitutional rights, not succumbing to...

May 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) – NYPD cop Risel Martinez had a pretty bad day. According to the New York Times, it all started at 6:40 pm on May 19. Officer Martinez and his partner were...