Of the 1,700 names on the Nassau County Police Department's gang database list, more than half have no criminal record and nearly a quarter are on the list with no clear explanation, according to a new report.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A list of suspected gang members managed by the Nassau County Police Department includes people with little to no explanation or vague justifications, according to a report released Tuesday by a civil rights group., which was shared with WSHU and Gothamist, finds that half of the 1,700 people on the gang database have no criminal history and nearly a quarter of the people were on the list without a clear rationale.
Advocates warn that having your name on such a list could have a reverberating effect on the individuals, leading to deportation and less lenient sentences in the event of a future arrest. Officials from the database's three main contributing departments — the Nassau County Police Department, along with the police departments for Hempstead and Freeport — did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
“We do not use them for making final determinations in our prosecutions. We must rely on the verified facts and circumstances of individual cases,” said Brendan Brosh, the office’s spokesperson.
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