Soul Snatchers: How the NYPD’s 42nd Precinct, the Bronx DA’s Office, and the City of New York Conspired to Destroy Black and Brown Lives (Part 1)

Medium (08/21/2017)

Summary:

Activist/Journalist Shaun King profiles 15 NYPD officers to expose the officer quota system that requires a minimum number of arrests.
As part of NYC’s gentrification, innocent teens are arrested for crimes.
In 2015, Pedro Hernandez (Bronx) was falsely accused of shooting someone, couldn’t afford bail ($1.4 million), and imprisoned after declining plea deal (early release for admission of guilt).
NYC settled (early 2017) with those falsely arrested for $75 million (900,000 incidents capped at $150 per incident).

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