THREAD (CW throughout) The Mayor tasked a city agency that defends the NYPD from misconduct claims w investigating police misconduct. No surprise that the result is a piece of “both sides” police apologia dumped on NYE. Stuff I found noteworthy...
www1.nyc.gov/assets/law/dow… The Law Dept report is in response to protests in which the NYPD -- who are paid & trained to do a job they signed up for -- brutalized & abused NYers while exposing them to COVID on camera during a national uprising. It was created without community input.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PROTEST EDITION (NYC):

-Leave your phone & use a burner. If you can’t, disable data & location. Disable biometrics like face & finger unlock. Use a passcode

-Write the name of ur lawyer, a lawyer friend, or the NLG — NYC it’s 212 679-6018 — on your arm

1/ -Tell your lawyer that they’re on call if they’re a person you know

-Go with a friend & stay together

-Make sure someone who is not protesting knows where you are

-Designate a trusted person to call the attorney number in the event you are arrested or can’t be located

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The NYPD Patrol Guide states, in caps, “UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ANY M.O.S. CONDUCT A CAVITY SEARCH.” They are nonetheless often used as a weapon to humiliate & degrade people in custody. Some cops, like Chief McCormack, assault their way thru the ranks. propublica.org/article/over-a… “Strip search” as defined by the Guide is consistent w the legal definition of “visual cavity search,” & is limited to removing a person’s clothing without then touching them. PG 208-05(C) lays out NYPD rules, such as that these searches should be rare & done in “utmost privacy.”

As PDs we are witness to the lies told by cops to justify their racist policing and prosecutions. #COPSLIE. Police plant evidence, falsify documents, lie about why they arrest or use force and lie while testifying under oath. Please read these stories, share & tell yours: 1/ An undercover told a person he was a veteran whose war injuries were hurting. He was given a pain pill, said he recognized it to be a controlled substance based on his “training,” & arrested the person he lied to. After months in court, labs showed it was an OTC pain med. 2/

I have gotten more calls today from people currently incarcerated at Rikers and their families. A hunger strike is starting among those housed at OBCC, a facility there, & I am sharing their experiences & demands at their request. They’re on lockdown, waiting to get sick. THREAD/

https://twitter.com/mk_esq/status/1244051961118363650

A man who was COVID+ was sick in the dorms until he was removed by staff in the middle of the night on Sat. Ppl woke up to see his bed stripped. A guard later confirmed he had the virus. 50 people are sleeping 18 inches apart but none who had contact with him have been tested. 2/

Someone at Rikers gave my cell # to others & for a couple of days I’ve been getting calls from people whose loved ones are there. They’ve all said some variation of the same thing — the people there need us to hear what is happening to them. They have asked me to share. THREAD/ The accounts are all very similar. People are sleeping in dorms of 40-50 people, less than 2 feet apart. At the center, they try to sleep head to toe. 2/

Ms. Harris is receiving mental health treatment in a hospital. The feds may remove her from care in a clear attempt to undermine NY law. As @BklynDefender said, many Jewish community members, including a victim, have spoken out against her incarceration. nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c… In brazen attempt to smear the new bail law, now a pattern for the feds, AG Barr has stepped in. He is claiming to fight hatred & that he has “always felt it is pernicious” to “target people based not only their ethnicity but also on their religious practice.” Let’s explore that.

The attacks by reform opponents have been relentless, racist, classist, fearmongering and, importantly, inaccurate. To roll back progress would be an enormous injustice ⁦@AndreaSCousins⁩. newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/01/03/cri… The attacks have trained outrage on people presumed innocent. They stoke fear about dangerousness & likelihood of reoffense, which were not bail considerations before. They focus exclusively on POC. They say that those who can buy their freedom deserve more due process.

In addition to releasing the list the day before the holiday, the QDA list only includes cops w judicial incredibility findings. This info isn’t privileged or protected by 50-A. It should be regularly & immediately disclosed under Brady any time one of these cops works a case.

https://twitter.com/georgejoseph94/status/1199831552835964928

Thanks to the work of @georgejoseph94, @gideonoliver and others we know that QDA is not compiling (or has not released) the names of officers whose misconduct becomes know to their office in other ways, such as lying to ECAB, inconsistent statements during prep, etc.