Police Union: ‘Blue Racism’ Exists And Is Growing By The Day

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ted Goodman A prominent New York City police union released a video decrying anti-police violence and rhetoric in what it is calling “blue racism.” “The average person doesn’t see those things that make me human,” the video says, referring to police officers. “They don’t even label me based on being African…

Mailman Says NYPD Officers Terrorized Him For Giving Directions To Cop Killer
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Mailman Says NYPD Officers Terrorized Him For Giving Directions To Cop Killer

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Queens postman testified against two New York Police Department officers Thursday, alleging they terrorized him. Karim Barker told the court that the NYPD officers brutally assaulted him because he unknowingly gave directions to a cop killer, reports the New York Daily News. “I won’t ever be…

Former NY Cop Commits Suicide During Stop
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Former NY Cop Commits Suicide During Stop

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A former New York Police Department officer killed himself after the FBI approached him during a traffic stop Wednesday. Gerard Benderoth, also a bodybuilder, shot himself in the head when the FBI and state agents came up to arrest him, reports the New York Daily News. “While…

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Shia LaBeouf Cuffed By The Cops At His Own Art Exhibit

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The famous actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested by the NYPD late on Wednesday night at his own art exhibit. A video from 30-year-old LaBeouf’s own livestream shows him being cuffed by the cops outside the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York. The livestream is…

NYPD Doesn’t Have Enough Black Recruits Because So Many Have Been To Jail

By: Laura Meyers New York police commissioner, Bill Bratton, said it is difficult to find would-be, black police officer recruits because so many have criminal records. In an interview, Bratton said, ““We have a significant population gap among African-American males because so many of them have spent time in jail and, as such, we can’t…

Fmr. NYPD Commish Bernard Kerik : Can’t Let People Act Like ‘Savages’ and ‘Animals’

Bernard Kerik : You Can’t Let People Act Like ‘Savages’ and ‘Animals’ Former Commissioner of the NYPD Bernard Kerik appeared on CNN to discuss the events in wake of the release of the grand jury’s decision in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict Officer Darren Wilson. Kerik defended the actions of the officers in Ferguson, saying, “You cannot…