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NYPD Running Stings Against Immigrant-Owned Shops, Then Pushing For Warrantless Searches

“It was total entrapment,” says one victim.

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AN UNDERCOVER NYPD OFFICER entered the spotless Super Laundromat & Dry Cleaners in Inwood, a largely Dominican neighborhood at the northernmost tip of Manhattan. He made his rounds through the store, hawking what he said were stolen gadgets — an iPhone, iPad Mini and iPad. One man took the bait, agreeing to shell out $200 for all three. He was

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NYPD Gets Sued After Kicking Wrong Family Out Of Home

The suit challenges the NYPD’s use of controversial nuisance abatement actions. It cites ProPublica and The Daily News’ investigation into the issue.

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Bill de Blasio, Bill Bratton

A version of this article was also published in the New York Daily News. The New York Police Department got an order kicking a family of four out of their Queens apartment by telling a judge it was a drug den — but the dealers had moved out seven months earlier. A lawsuit to be filed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday details an egregious

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The NYPD Is Kicking People Out Of Their Homes, Even If They Haven’t Committed A Crime

And it’s happening almost exclusively in minority neighborhoods.

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Janeelah El-Shabazz's family was nearly evicted after the NYPD found 45 paper cups filled with cocaine. (Edwin Torres for ProPublica)

THE MORNING OF MAY 4, 2011, Jameelah El-Shabazz watched out the window of her Bronx apartment as a team of police officers fanned across the rooftop of Banana Kelly High School. The 43-year-old mother of five said she didn’t think much of the scene — drug raids were common in her neighborhood. As she did most mornings, El-Shabazz said she went to

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