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>Several years ago, Bella and Lisa Freeman, director of special litigation and law reform at Legal Aid’s Juvenile Rights Practice, started to notice that some o

>Several years ago, Bella and Lisa Freeman, director of special litigation and law reform at Legal Aid’s Juvenile Rights Practice, started to notice that some of their clients had old police contacts showing up in their rap sheets that should not have been there The whole reason this was uncovered was that many of these kids are recidivists, maybe the law is wrong >the NYPD also maintains a secretive and controversial “gang database,” which labels thousands of unsuspecting New Yorkers — almost all black or Latino youth — as “gang members” based on a set of broad and arbitrary criteria What is a gang database supposed to be based on? Gangs don't keep a signed and dated registry of their membership. >My son was fingerprinted. He’s 14. I’m scared. What does this mean for his future Means he should wear gloves the next time he commits a crime!

Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago
>What is a gang database supposed to be based on? Gangs don't keep a signed and dated registry of their membership. Investigative police work, undercover officers, corroborated witness testimony. Iow, hard evidence, with accountability and restitution when they get it wrong. if a cop goes off the books they, and everyone with knowledge of said acts, should automatically lose all protection from civil claims. Great power, etc. When the nypd gets it wrong innocent people die, go to prison, become pariahs and have no recourse against a notoriously violent, racist, and corrupt organization. The nypds rap sheet basically proves they're a gang muscling out the competition instead of actually fighting crime. Their lack of accountability, and refusal to actually purge the bad actors, only fuels the hate for them.