The NYPD has agreed to overhaul the way it responds to protests — including by no longer penning in large groups of activists — as part of a settlement announced Tuesday resolving federal ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- An agreement was announced Tuesday between the New York Attorney General, the NYPD and civil liberties advocates to reform how protests are policed. Under the deal, police will ...

Of the cases the agency did review fully, it found that at least 146 members of service who responded to the protests violated department rules. Officers broke NYPD policy in about 40% of the ...

The NYPD has agreed to overhaul how it responds to protests as part of a proposed settlement filed Tuesday to resolve lawsuits brought by Attorney General Letitia James, the Legal Aid Society ...

The NYPD also will create a new senior-level position to oversee that effort and give broader protection to journalists covering protests. The settlement, the civil liberties groups say ...

More than 100 protesters were arrested -- yet few injuries reported -- when NYPD officers in riot gear descended on Columbia University late Tuesday, using tactical strategies to clear the ...

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) The spokesman did say in a statement, however, that the NYPD has “reenvisioned its policies for policing protests to deal with unique scenarios.” “This will allow ...

The NYPD said over 400 officers were hurt and scores of police vehicles damaged during the protests. Thousands of demonstrators also said they were hurt. The federal lawsuit was filed in October 2020.

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the NYPD has monitored upwards of 4,000 protests, according to the NYPD’s Chief of Patrol John Chell, who shared some of the department’s strategy for ...

This show of support rings hollow when contrasted with the NYPD’s increasing use of a disturbing tactic at protests: forcibly removing women’s hijabs as a brutal form of crowd control and intimidation ...

The NYPD pulled out all the stops, from drones flying high above, to officers with special training and gear, all to help protect people during protests in New York City on Oct. 7. Trump pauses ...