ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019. In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras.

ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019. In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
      16·
      9 months ago

      What do you mean? No one is making any guesses.

      The author is following up on an instance of police abuse he personally witnessed, was gaslight about, was confirmed to have happened by 21 different pieces of video evidence, and was then swept under the rug by the NYPD.

        • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
          14·
          9 months ago

          Its not at all about guesses. The civilain review board watched the footage and confirmed they hit the teenager they were chasing with their cop car, held several unrelated teens at gunpoint, and arrested those unrelated teens unjustifiably. They then recommended the harshest action possible.

          The NYPD hand waived it away for 4 of 5 cops, with the 5th only receiving any action because of “swearing.”

          How is officially released records about civil rights violations the reporter and his family personally witnessed “a guess?”