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On March 19, 2021, hundreds of people packed into Union Square during an Asian American Federation peace vigil following the shootings in Atlanta.
News April 20, 2021
NYPD Hate Crime Data Fails to Capture Harassment Against Asians 65 or Over
“There is a whole wave of attacking elderly people in different ways," one New York legislator says.
By CHRISTINE CHUNG, THE CITY, and Weihua Li
The Frame June 3, 2020
Masks On, Fists Up: Scenes from New York City’s Protests Against Police Violence
Some of the city’s most famous streets, emptied by the pandemic, fill with demonstrators and police in riot gear.
Photographs and text by Emily Kassie
Life Inside September 19, 2019
All I Really Need to Know I Learned on the Streets of the Garment District
“The runaways, the mobsters, the pimps—they saw me as someone credible, someone who didn’t judge them.”
By James E. Williams as told to Tim O'donnell and Zuha Siddiqui
News July 18, 2019
Your Arrest Was Dismissed. But It’s Still In A Police Database.
In New York City, officers are illegally using information from arrests that have been sealed, according to a lawsuit. The practice is legal in more than two dozen states.
By Eli Hager
Life Inside July 11, 2019
I’m 31. I’m a Lawyer. And I’m Still Getting Stopped by the Police.
“Despite everything I have accomplished, this is still happening to me.”
By David Ourlicht as told to Margo Snipe
Feature July 16, 2018
Yelp for Cops
How am I doing? Check the sentiment meter.
By Simone Weichselbaum
One customer at Astoria Auto Detailing Center in Queens said the tint on the windows of his Mercedes-Benz, pictured above, were within the legal limit. "I know because I've been pulled over so many times [for my windows]."
News August 17, 2015
When ‘Broken Windows’ Meets Tinted Windows
In New York, darkened car windows lead to more police encounters than stop and frisk.
By Alysia Santo
Commentary July 9, 2015
The Problem with NYC’s Bail Reform
It trades one burden for another.
By Robin Steinberg and David Feige
Life Inside June 2, 2015
A Night with the NYPD
In which the rookie learns what police really think.
By Bob Henderson
Asked and Answered March 25, 2015
‘People Forget that We Are Human Beings.’
A New York City cop of over 20 years on the media’s ignorance, the benefits of stop-and-frisk, and why he wishes he could live in New Jersey.
By The Marshall Project
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