NEW YORK — New York City’s police department is disbanding the type of plainclothes anti-crime units that were involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner and have long been criticized for aggressive tactics, Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday.
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The NYPD’s anti-crime units, which focused primarily on seizing illegal guns, were responsible for a disproportionate number of shootings and complaints, Shea told reporters after meeting with top deputies to discuss the move.
The change comes amid a nationwide reckoning over police brutality.
Garner died when an officer enforcing a ban on the sale of loose cigarettes used a chokehold to wrestle him to the ground.
About 600 officers working in the unit will be given new assignments.
NO POLICE NEEDED!HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD REPLACE THEM!
What about the NYPD’s unmarked cars? If they could get rid of those that would be great. Those crooks always hang around where the Prospect Expressway ends, just before Ocean Parkway starts, and harass drivers, handing out needless tickets for stupidity. They sneak up in their unmarked vehicles with ILLEGAL dark tinted front windows. These cowboy cops think they’re above the law and better than the taxpayers who pay their stinking salaries. Let them drive normal police cars so we can see them. Do they truly want safety or is it all about GOTCHA? Get that ticket/violation! The corrupt City Council needs the revenue.
yeah, disband the police and let the mafia and gangs run the city. Good thinking……?
not really, we Yidden know that without the police, crime would be all over and impossible to live in the city….