This article was originally published in Buffalo News. Read it here. Buffalo police officer active in the Strike Force unit that patrolled minority neighborhoods wrote almost 12,000 traffic tickets over an eight-year period. More than 70% of them went…
Read More →Data obtained via a civil rights lawsuit making its way through federal court shows a half-dozen Buffalo cops issued an disproportionate number of traffic tickets to Black motorists. By Geoff Kelly This article was originally published in InvestigativePost….
Read More →A state leader cites multiple reasons for the growth of the backlog, which has no clear end in site This article was originally published in Alaska Beacon. Read it here. The last time Palmer resident Jessica Clayton received…
Read More →By Lisa Phu This story was originally published in Alaska Beacon. Read it here. Ten Alaskans are suing the state, saying it failed to provide food stamps within the time frames required by federal law. The complaint was filed Friday in…
Read More →This article was originally published in The Buffalo News. Read it here. As of Jan. 2, 2023, at least 39 people in Erie County, the majority of whom are Black, have lost their lives in the deadliest blizzard…
Read More →Geoff Kelly and InvestigativePost continue to cover the problem of discriminatory policing in Buffalo. Read the full article. The U.S. Justice Department has investigated more than 80 problem-plagued police departments and correctional facilities over the past 25 years…
Read More →NCLEJ joined more than 330 immigration groups and other rights organizations and signed onto a letter calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to release promised guidance bolstering protections for migrant workers combating workplace abuses. The action was covered in…
Read More →The Buffalo News editorial board condemned the widespread use racial epithets within the BPD and leadership’s failure to investigate or train officers on this bias. Read the article here. Reports that racist language has been routinely used –…
Read More →Jim Heaney of Investigative Post reports on toxic culture permeating the Buffalo Police Department described, under oath, by police themselves in NCLEJ litigation depositions. Read full article. Racist talk. A lack of training, supervision and accountability. Byron Brown…
Read More →Charlie Specht of The Buffalo News reported on Buffalo police’s regularly use racial slurs when referring to Black members of the public revealed in NCLEJ’s litigation. Read the full article. Buffalo police regularly use racial slurs when referring…
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