The setttlement will require the NYPD to deploy fewer, less militarized officers to most public protests.
A landmark agreement has been reached to reform how the NYPD polices protests. The settlement agreement was filed in federal court Tuesday in order to settle a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General stemming from its response to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020.
"Police kitted out in riot gear when the people standing on the other side next to them are just holding signs," says Legal Aid Society attorney Corey Stoughton. "It's that kind of aggressive police response to protests that triggered a lot of the violence that we saw in the summer of 2020 and that this settlement is really aiming to put an end to."
"What we continue to see at protests even today is the NYPD overcompensating in their response to protest," Stoughton said.
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