Opinions & observations: Cops continue misinformation campaign to smear policies they don’t like
In my years as an attorney with Brooklyn Defender Services, I have witnessed a disturbing truth: police lie so often there is a word for it. “Testilying” happens in court and on paperwork, even when an incident was caught on video. Cops also lie to the public about policy issues to maintain power.
Commissioner Dermot Shea and other top NYPD officials continue their campaign of lies and disinformation against bail reform, which gave all New Yorkers some of the same pre-trial rights as the wealthy – namely, the right to fight a case while free and presumed innocent.
Shea claims, contrary to the NYPD’s own data, that the recent tragic shootings in NYC are the result of more equitable treatment of poor New Yorkers facing certain criminal charges. He would have us believe that the police are so disempowered by critics that they can no longer swoop in to stop crime.