Calling a nuclear or radiological strike against New York “the ultimate nightmare scenario,” New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, speaking at a DC conference on nuclear terrorism June 13, called upon Congress to pay the full $40 million price… Read moreNYC: nuclear paranoia advances, civil rights retreat
New details are emerging surrounding the 208 arrests at the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan. According to the New York Times June 13, the police still claim that people were arrested for “specific illegal behavior,” like blocking… Read moreNYC: confusion surrounds police sweeps at Puerto Rican parade
Intolerance and stupidity, it seems, are equal-opportunity employers. Since 9-11, Sikhs in the US have faced violent attacks from Ugly American types who are too dumb to know that they aren’t Muslims. Now a Sikh student has been attacked by… Read moreNYC: another Sikh attacked in Queens
From the New York City environmental group Time’s Up, June 4: NYPD Cuts Locks, Confiscates Bicycles and Arrests Bystanders in Bike Raid on East 6th Street NEW YORK — On Thursday night, May 31st, the NYPD seized approximately 15 bikes… Read moreNYPD escalates bicycle crackdown
New York City Council member Charles Barron is demanding an investigation following death threats made against him on a website frequented by police officers. The site contains a message board called “NYPD Rant” in which two posts called for Barron… Read moreDeath threats in NYC City Council
Security forces in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago worked closely with US authorities to hunt down the men behind a supposed plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City. The arrest of three suspects was announced June… Read moreLatest NYC terror scare linked to attempted coup in Trinidad
From the New York City environmental group Time’s Up, May 29: NYPD Issues “Parading Without a Permit” Summons on City-Advertised Critical Mass Ride Ride was listed on Bike Month Calendar financed by Department of Transportation Last Friday, May 25th, NYPD… Read moreNYPD shut down Critical Mass —again!
The 9-11 death toll in New York City has just been officially raised from 2,749 to 2,750. From CBS, May 24: A woman who died of lung disease five months after Sept. 11 was added on Wednesday to the medical… Read moreNYC adds WTC dust victim to 9-11 death toll
Despite the early pretense of democracy in drawing up the post-9-11 Lower Manhattan development plans, most New Yorkers were not aware that a special “command center” had been created to oversee the multiple construction projects until a change of leadership… Read moreNYC: Ground Zero “Construction Command Center” chief steps down
A jazz bass player from the Bronx pleaded guilty this week to having the inclination to teach hand-to-hand combat skills to Islamic extremists. Tarik Shah, whose childhood influence was Cannonball Adderly, will be going to prison for 15 years for… Read moreNYC: musician gets 15 years for running mouth
The NYPD April 2 defended its surveillance of political activists before the 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC). The NYPD statement admitted “detectives collected information both in-state and out-of-state to learn in advance what was coming our way,” but said the… Read moreNYPD flexes espionage muscle
Sarah Ferguson writes for the Village Voice, March 31: Friday night’s Critical Mass bike ride was played as a First Amendment “showdown” over the NYPD’s new parade rule, which requires groups of 50 or more to get a permit to… Read moreNYC: Critical Mass tests new police regs
