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NYPD IG Philip Eure and DOI Commissioner Mark Peters at a previous press conference.
May 16

Activists Call on NYPD Inspector General to Probe Department’s Gang-Busting Methods

"They're asking for all sorts of things that could actually uplift the community, but instead the police department has one answer, which is more policing and in this case, it's a throwback to the era of the 80s and 90s when we had mass incarceration, raids, surveillance, RICO."
By Madina Toure
A group of activists protesting in front of the Metropolitan Correctional Center prison in Lower Manhattan.
Apr 28

Black and Latino Activists Call the NYPD the ‘Biggest Gang in New York City’

"If you're selling gun permits in exchange for trips to Israel, in exchange for prostitutes, in exchange for all types of things that they feel like they're entitled to because they're police officers and how you're gonna come into a NYCHA development, how you're gonna come into a low-income community of color and you're gonna tell them that RICO applies to them?"
By Madina Toure
Jul 18

Hell Hath No Fury Like a RICO Action: Racketeering Charges Filed in Hedge Fund Divorce

How angry an ex would you have to be to file racketeering charges against your spouse? That’s a question Elizabeth
By Patrick Clark

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