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Did Bologna Use Too Much Pepper(-Spray)? District Attorney’s Office Investigates

While the NYPD continues to make promises of an investigation of Deputy Inspector Anthony “Tony Bologna” Bologna‘s use of pepper-spray on unarmed female protesters during Saturday’s Occupy Wall Street protests, he has yet to be disciplined. Despite videos showing two separate incidents of what appears to be unwarranted and abusive use of the weapon, Inspector Bologna still remains in active service. While that may seem like a grave injustice to women like Chelsea Elliott who were harmed during the attacks, the public outcry has been strong enough for the offices of Manhattan D.A. Cyrus R. Vance Jr. to launch a separate investigation into the case. Read More

Vance Makes It Official, Lauds Morgenthau, Pledges Fairness

Cyrus Vance Jr., reportedly Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s chosen successor, officially announced his candidacy for the office this morning on the steps of City Hall, paying homage to his former boss’ decades of service and saying he would “build on that tradition.”
“In the last 75 years there have only been three elected Read More