NYPD Sued by NY Attorney General Over<br />‘Brutal and Unlawful’ Handling of Protests.<br />On Thursday, New York State Attorney General (AG)<br />Letitia James sued the New York City Police Department (NYPD) <br />over its handling of protests in the summer of 2020. .<br />Her lawsuit marks the first time a state<br />AG has ever sued a police department. .<br />According to James, the NYPD used “brutal and unlawful”<br />policies and practices against protesters in May and June.<br />An investigation by her office found<br />that police brutally beat protesters with<br />batons and rammed them with bicycles.<br />They also used a dangerous containment<br />tactic known as kettling, and arrested legal observers<br />and medics without proper cause. .<br />James called these practices a harmful pattern<br />that mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD failed to correct. .<br />They did not train, they did not supervise,<br />they did not stop officers who engaged in<br />this misconduct … And they did not discipline<br />them either. Instead, they failed the people<br />of the City of New York, Letitia James, via 'The New York Times'.<br />If James is successful, control of the NYPD<br />will be stripped away from de Blasio and<br />given to an independent panel. .<br />A court-appointed monitor would also be placed to oversee<br />the department’s future policing tactics at protests
