Police in New York suburb routinely used unnecessary strip searches, report finds
Report shows police routinely violated residents’ civil rights in Mount Vernon, north of New York CityA suburban New York police department had a practice of routinely violating residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new US justice department report.The report on a pattern and practice of police misconduct at the department in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City, is one of 12 investigations opened by the Department of Justice into local policing agencies since 2021, including those sparked by the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Continue reading...
Report shows police routinely violated residents’ civil rights in Mount Vernon, north of New York City
A suburban New York police department had a practice of routinely violating residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new US justice department report.
The report on a pattern and practice of police misconduct at the department in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City, is one of 12 investigations opened by the Department of Justice into local policing agencies since 2021, including those sparked by the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.
