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      NYC to Pay Millions to Police Brutality Protesters Violently Arrested by NYPD

      "They dragged me on the ground and beat me with batons," said one protester. "Somewhere in the process of being cuffed, I had a knee on my neck."

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 01, 2023

      Hundreds of people who were trapped, beaten, and wrongfully arrested by New York City police officers during a nonviolent 2020 racial justice protest in the Bronx will each receive $21,500 if a judge approves the terms of a settlement filed in federal court late Tuesday.

      Around 300 people were arrested, many of them brutally, on June 4, 2020 in the Mott Haven neighborhood while peacefully protesting police violence and systemic racism following the May 25 murder of unarmed Black man George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

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      In a now-deleted tweet from February 16, 2022, the New York City Police Department announced that "after receiving numerous larceny complaints in the Bronx, officers from the NYPD 44th Precinct recently arrested 12 individuals following an enforcement initiative targeting shoplifters. The arrests made led to the closure of 23 warrants and the recovery of $1,800 worth of merchandise."

      AOC Denounces NYPD for Bragging About Arrests Over Stolen Diapers

      "It's much easier to frame people who steal baby formula and medicine as monsters to be jailed than acknowledge our politics and economic priorities create conditions where people steal baby formula to survive," said the New York Democrat.

      Kenny Stancil
      Feb 18, 2022

      Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday criticized New York City police officers for boasting about arresting a dozen people over stolen necessities, including diapers, baby formula, and medicine.

      "This is not public safety. This is cruelty on display."

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      After Strong Backlash, NYPD Kicks Robotic Dog "Spot" to the Curb

      After Strong Backlash, NYPD Kicks Robotic Dog "Spot" to the Curb

      A spokesperson for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who called the Boston Dynamics device "creepy" and "alienating," said he was "glad the Digidog was put down."

      Kenny Stancil
      Apr 30, 2021

      The New York City Police Department decided this week to stop leasing a robotic dog from Boston Dynamics following a sustained outcry from residents and lawmakers, who denounced the use of the high-tech, four-legged device in low-income neighborhoods as a misallocation of public resources and violation of civil liberties.

      When the NYPD acquired the K-9 machine last August, officials portrayed "Digidog"--the department's name for the camera-equipped, 70-pound robot--as "a futuristic tool that could go places that were too dangerous to send officers," the New York Timesreported earlier this week.

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