More cases of NYPD ethnic spying exposed:
The New York Police Department put American citizens under surveillance and scrutinized where they ate, prayed and worked, not because of charges of wrongdoing but because of their ethnicity, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press. Ref. Source 5
New York police fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies:
A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas. Ref. Source 4
Japanese man killed by police car in New York
Local Japanese News In English
A New York Police Department patrol car responding to an emergency call struck and killed a 24 year-old Japanese man in the city's Queens borough shortly after midnight on Feb. 21, his family said Thursday. (Kyodo)
Source: News On Japan
NYPD Commissioner Calls for More Surveillance Cameras:
Kelly dismisses critics who argue that increased cameras threaten privacy rights, giving governments the ability to monitor people in public spaces. "The people who complain about it, I would say, are a relatively small number of folks, because the genie is out of the bottle," Kelly said. Ref. Source 2