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A New York Police Department officer swings a club at Occupy Wall Street protesters as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012 in New York. The Occupy movement that shook the United States last year, spawning similar protests worldwide, announced widespread May Day demonstrations and strikes against social inequality Tuesday. The protests, billed as stretching from New York to California, and from Spain to Australia, raised the possibility of disruption in dozens of urban centers on the date when many countries observe International Workers' Day.

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  • NJ finds NYPD Muslim surveillance is legal

    New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday following a three-month review, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders   Read more »

  • Judge: NYPD stop-and-frisk policy 'deeply troubling'

    Finding the city's attitude "deeply troubling," a judge granted class action status Wednesday to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crim   Read more »

  • NYPD's stop-and-frisk stops still on the rise

    The latest numbers show the New York Police Department 's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012.The NYPD says officers stopped people on New York City's streets 203,500 times from January thr   Read more »

  • Cops: Seven killed in Bronx parkway crash

    Seven people were killed on Sunday after the van they were riding in drove off an overpass on the Bronx River Parkway, landing in a transit storage yard below, the New York Police Department said.A spokeswoman said four adults and three children were con   Read more »

  • AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying

    The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for documenting the New York Police Department 's spying on Muslims, while The Philadelphia Inquirer was honored in the public service category for its examination of violence i   Read more »

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  • Rye Teen Found After Six-Day Search

    search for a missing teenager ended early Thursday morning, as 15-year-old Rye resident Pierce Crowley was found by two New York Police Department officers in Washington Heights, White Plains Public Safety Commissioner David Chong said. Crowley was found unharmed, 12:37 AM from The Examiner News  Read more »

  • Selden Child Stabbed 4 Times by Mom, Cops Say

    Queens earlier this week after she allegedly turned a knife on her young daughter, stabbing her multiple times, the New York Police Department said. The mother, 43-year-old Ann Carimbocas, faces attempted murder charges for stabbing her 9-year-old daughter 5/31/12 from Long Island Press Read more »

  • Man On A Ledge Man On A Ledge

    ex-cop and now wanted fugitive stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective. How   from JoBlo.com Read more »

  • SchoolBook: New York Gets Waiver for No Child Left Behind

    schools this winter, or just over five per school day, and handed out 555 summons, according to new data released by the New York Police Department. It was a slight uptick from the 279 students arrested during the 55 school days between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31,   from The New York Times Read more »

  • City school safety agents and police officers arrested about five students per day fromĀ  January through March. SchoolBook: Police Report on School Arrests

    this winter, or just over five per school day, and handed out 555 summons, according to new data released by the New York Police Department. It was a slight uptick from the 279 students arrested during the 55 school days between October 1 and December 31,   from The New York Times Read more »

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