New Yorkers 'no longer trust the police,' state attorney general says.
The New York attorney general recommended changes for law enforcement, such as establishing a use-of-force standard.Two weeks of protests and unrest in New York City after the death of George Floyd only intensified the overwhelming distrust many feel toward the New York City Police Department, the state's attorney general, Letitia James, concluded in a preliminary report.
"The police should not police themselves, period, and it requires change and it requires reform," James said. "Why is this one agency treated so differently than all of the others?" Hundreds of protesters march in Manhattan over the death on May 25 of black man George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, June 07, 2020, in New York City.The majority of the arrests came on May 31, when James said businesses were looted, and between June 2 and June 6, the days of the 8 p.m. curfew, which, according to the report,"was a significant driver of arrests.
Fewer than 10 officers were disciplined for behavior during that span of protests, according to data Shea provided James for her report. Shea testified that he disagreed with protestors' allegations that officers misused pepper spray, insisting instead that officers exercised"incredible restraint."driving into protesters, some of whom had been throwing objects at the vehicle, did not violate the department's use-of-force policy because the officers' vehicles were"penned in by protesters" and"set upon and attacked.
"Rather than rehash rhetoric we should come together -- state and local law enforcement and elected officials -- and confront and solve the crisis at hand," Richard Esposito, deputy commissioner for public information, told ABC News.
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