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Five Cops Injured When Two NYPD Cruisers Collide In The Bronx

Bronx intersection where the collision took place (Google Maps)


Five NYPD officers were injured in the Bronx last night, when two cruisers collided with each other as they were responding to another officer's request for assistance.

The cruisers—one unmarked, according to ABC—crashed into each other around 10:20 p.m., near the corner of Bedford Park Boulevard and Briggs Avenue in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx. An NYPD spokesman could not confirm the nature of the call the officers were responding to.

According to ABC, the marked cruiser slammed into a pole after striking the unmarked cruiser.

All five officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash—three suffered back and neck injuries, one came away with a head laceration, and another may have broken his arm, NBC reports. They were all taken to Jacobi Hospital for treatment.


http://gothamist.com/2015/06/22/five_nypd_officers_injured_in_two-c.php

come on...

 

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Housing Authority Forces City Workers to Wear Orange Vests So NYPD Cops Don’t Shoot Them
It’s quite clear that new measures are a response to the overall violent demeanor of the NYPD.
By Jay Syrmopoulos / The Free Thought Project
May 28, 2015

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New York City, N.Y. – In a testament to the “trigger-happy” nature of NYPD cops, the city Housing Authority has ordered all workers fixing elevators in NYC housing projects to wear construction orange vests.

New policies were enacted by the Housing Authority after officers pulled a gun on a maintenance crew and fatally shot an unarmed man in a stairwellin a separate incident.

According to a New York Post report:

“[The elevator workers] were basically told the reason was because of recent incidents where cops had pulled a gun on a caretaker and a supervisor on the roof of a housing project,” a source said.

“No one got shot, but they also referred to the cop shooting and were told, ‘We’re doing this for your protection. Your lives are in jeopardy, and we don’t want you to get hurt,’ ” the source said

Pulling no punches, one Housing Authority supervisor allegedly told his crews that the new policy was due to NYPD cops being “trigger-happy.”

In addition to wearing the bright orange vests, workers will now also be required to wear their official identification on a neck lanyard.

“They said that in case a cop stops you, we don’t want you reaching around in back pocket That could be another reason for a cop to shoot you,” the source told the Post.

According to a Housing Authority spokeswoman, the new policies were simply standard operating procedure regarding safety.

“The issuance of the safety vests was one action taken to increase safety for elevator personnel through our ongoing ‘Safety in Motion’ initiative. Although not tied to any particular incident, we hope that this simple action will further protect these hardworking employees and allow them to be easily identified when needed,” the spokeswoman said.

Regardless of the Housing Authority’s public statements, it’s quite clear that new measures are a response to the overall violent demeanor of the NYPD. More specifically, they are in response to the killing of unarmed father of two Akai Gurley in a dimly lit stairwell on November 20, 2014.

When city agencies feel the need to have their employees wear brightly colored vests to be sure they aren’t killed by cops while on the job, you may just have a severe policing problem on your hands.


http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-po...ers-wear-orange-vests-so-nypd-cops-dont-shoot


for fukks sake now...

 

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imbo92107 • 24 days ago
What is the NYPD today, an army of Barney Fife's on crack?



kevinbaja • 22 days ago
...still won't protect them....just more visible targets of opportunity....



GHY1 • 23 days ago
all cops who have shot someone should have to wear an orange jersy like these over there uniform so the public knows they do harm





Naomi Jenner • 24 days ago
The issue with police is the issue bias and privilege create. It draws unqualified people into professions that require intelligence and thinking on your feet fast. Post modern Americans are already handicapped, but technology and the shelter of privilege make them think they are not only multi-taskers but that they can do one thing at a time well.
Think of texting and driving. There are people who actually can do a number of things at once and well, but they are rare. Yet, most people believe themselves to have abilities they don't have. Custodial workers carry tools for their work. What is so confusing about identifying them, exactly?
In my job, many of my co workers have an unusually high rate of errors in their work, but they are local and they are white, so calling out this situation is an impossibility politically for me, so the people who can perform spend half their time correcting and redoing things.




pgeller Starboy • 21 days ago
Who should be blamed for officers shooting unarmed people in dark stairwells?






Apathy Man • 24 days ago
When even the other agencies in NY are afraid of the cops you know that you have a real problem





@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy!



more seething comments in the article

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

That long comment was jokes. I don't know why they're so trigger happy in a state that outlawed guns

 

[Regular_P]

Gonna be regular updates in here? If so, subbed.

 

[Regular_P]

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