Paul J. Browne

Eyewitness "Certain" Kimani Gray Was Unarmed When Police Shot Him

The only civilian eyewitness to come forward in the case of a Brooklyn teen shot dead by a pair of plainclothes New York City police officers is "certain" the 16 year-old was empty-handed when the cops opened fire. Kimani 'Kiki' Gray was shot several times by two officers patrolling East Flatbush i ... More >>

Councilman Jumaane Williams Pressures NYPD, Mayor to Address Police Accountability

Sam LevinCity Councilman Jumaane Williams at a recent rally.​Last week, cops chased Ramarley Graham, 18, to the bathroom of his apartment where they shot and killed him. His grandmother was at home at the time and witnessed the shooting. The Bronx teen -- who may have been trying to flush ma ... More >>

New York Times Lawyer Sends Stern Email to NYPD About Treatment of Photographer Yesterday

A video came out of yesterday's OWS Goldman Sachs protest that raised a lot of eyebrows of NYPD officers preventing New York Times photographer Robert Stolarik from getting shots of arrests in progress. Stolarik told us that his press pass was "clearly visible and [the officer] was very aware," and ... More >>

Felix Rivera-Pitre, Protester Sought for Arrest After Being Punched by Cop, Inspires March to D.A.'s Office

C.S. Muncy​One of the more recent instances of alleged police brutality against Occupy Wall Street protesters involves Felix Rivera-Pitre, who was allegedly punched by a police officer identified as Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona last week after the movement won the right to stay in Zuccotti ... More >>

Jasmijn Rijcken, Dutch Tourist, Pulled Over by NYPD For Biking in a Skirt in Soho

Rijcken on the Brooklyn Bridge, in the outfit she was later stopped in.​What did we learn last week? It's legal to be topless in public in New York City! The police even said so. Yet there is plenty of other prudishness to contend with, given a recent story, which we originally read on Lovely ... More >>

Staten Island Murderer Apprehended in Israel

​ Eric Bellucci, the 30 year old Staten Island resident who fled to Israel after murdering his parents, was arrested by Israeli authorities today.

Breaking: Nicaraguan Diplomat Found Dead in The Bronx (Updated)

​Diplomats, with all of their power as foreign emissaries, tend to keep a low news profile. If you don't notice, whenever anything happens to them, it makes big news, as they are for all intents and purposes, foreign powers on American soil. Well, expect to see this on the front cover of th ... More >>

Protesters Say Cops Target Older Gay Men with Bogus Charges at XXX Shops

Photos by Candice M. Giove. In front of a backdrop of hot pink placards - some splashed with hearts and cupids - Robert Pinter, a 53-year-old gay man, recounted the horror of being falsely arrested for prostitution this past October. He is one of many older gay men, activists said, targeted by ... More >>

Fatal Taser Cop Erred, NYPD Says

Commish Kelly Gets Own Chauffeurgate?

Bush Bash Is On: Cops Give Go-Ahead to U.N. Protest March

Critical Impasse

With arrests growing and two cops hurt, Critical Mass gets messy

State of the Union: Cindy Sheehan's Misdemeanor

Peace mom pledged a campaign of arrests--but for a T-shirt?

Cindy Sheehan Pledges Civil Disobedience Campaign

Peace mom plans more arrests in D.C.—and Thanksgiving in Crawford

Parking Perk

Cop landlord gets a freebie

Corruption? It figures.

NY police department's crime stats and the art of manipulation

Self-Made Scoop

Reporter tries to remove a stain by adding more dirt from his past

Wild Scene Outside St. Marks Church

Ride organizers say cops trying to discourage protest of the RNC

Pomp or Protest

Choosing the Narrative for the GOP Convention