Three Queens Councilmembers are co-sponsoring a bill that would abolish the NYPD’s gang database.
The bill, which is being co-sponsored by Queens progressives Tiffany Cabán, Julie Won and Shekar Krishnan, would end the database and prevent the police department from compiling a replacement.
The NYPD’s gang database is a police resource tool containing the names of alleged gang members and other intelligence relating to street gangs. It is estimated that there are around 18,000 people currently listed on the database.
In a 2021 report, the NYPD stated that the database is a “critical component of modern policing and an invaluable tool for detectives investigating crime.”
However, advocates for the bill say that police have abused the database by unfairly targeting people of color. They often point to former police commissioner Dermot Shea stating in 2018 that 99 percent of those on the database are people of color.
Supporters of the legislation also say that people with no ties to gangs have been placed on the database and there is no way for them to get their names removed. They say that this can often lead to intensive surveillance, police harassment, overcharging, increased bail, risk of deportation and prejudicial treatment in court.
“The gang database is nothing but a dragnet to surveil and criminalize Black and brown New Yorkers, especially youth,” Cabán said in a statement to the Queens Post.
“It does nothing to reduce violence and plenty to intensify the horrors of the criminal punishment system.”
Cabán, a former public defender, said she has witnessed prosecutors weaponizing the database to coerce false confessions from people.
“Kids on this list for as little as wearing the wrong colors in the wrong place are threatened with gang conspiracy charges, and more,” said Cabán, who represents the 22nd District in western Queens covering Astoria, Rikers Island and portions of East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside.
“We must eliminate the gang database and prevent the creation of a replacement.”
Cabán attended a protest in Brooklyn earlier this month to rally support for the legislation. She has previously called for the need to defund and disband the NYPD, as well as advocating for Rikers Island to be shut down without the construction of new jails. The Astoria resident has also opposed Mayor Adams’ decision to bring back plainclothes police teams — saying they are ineffective and unfairly target minorities.
Cabán is instead calling for a radically different approach to public safety which would include less policing and encouraging local business owners to get trained in de-escalation tactics should they encounter a conflicting situation.
“If we truly care about public safety outcomes, the evidence-based, data-driven way forward is crystal clear,” Cabán said. “We must invest in the supports our young people need: mental healthcare, high-quality education, restorative justice, employment opportunities, nutritious food, and more.”
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Freaken Commies!
President Malarkey leadership on full display.
Wow the people who hate the country want to betray it go figure.
If car a has a 5% defect rate, but car b has a 20% defect rate, most cars are still perfectly good. If you read Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, you will find the same social problems as "people of color" attributed to the lowest classes, except those ethnicities today are middle class and no longer exhibit those problems. So, clearly this is not racist.
We need to look into all illegal Left wing extremist #BLUEANON deals.
House GOP to seek probe of NY Gov. Kathy Hochul on $637M ‘pay-to-play’ deal.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/29/house-gop-to-seek-probe-of-ny-gov-kathy-hochul-on-637m-pay-to-play-deal/
Who are these people? Where did they come from? What are they doing for the residents?
For example, called the office of one of them and complained that a number of grocery stores and pharmacies were closing in their district - that it was a burden for especially seniors.
Response? "It is a real estate problem" Translation: "Not my issue. Get real estate money donations bub so complain to someone else."
Or the gushing comment of a few dozen "Bhutanese community" is a "welcome addition" to their district - while the crisis faced by long-term residents who were being pushed out by development and absentee landlords remains ignored. Translation: (you can fill in this blank)
Targeting people of color? Well look it up,75%of people in nyc jails come from 25%of the population.
They are in a cult !
Did Anyone come across a video of the Alzheimer’s Patient in Chief shaking hands with air, falling up a flight of stairs, spinning in circles trying to put his jacket on, asking if people who died 2 months ago are in the audience, falling off a bike that isn’t moving or wandering aimlessly away from a podium hopelessly looking for an exit.“Watch Me”
Looks like these Democrats are trying to strike a blow against the deep state. Or is the deep state popular again amongst the Fox News Sheeple ?
So basically they are complaining that black and Hispanic gangs are full of blacks and Hispanics. Or, rather, just trying to censor this Crime Think knowledge.
These communists are trying to destroy the deep state. Someone must stop them now before it’s too late!
Tech Princess Julie Won is clueless. Do these people realize there's a city council election next year?
A Democracy of, by, and for the elite.
We need a bunch of Giorgia Maloni’s in America! We need some politicians with a spine!
A teacher in New York asked her class, "How many of you are Democrats?"
Everyone in the class raised their hands except for Donald Trump. The teacher asked why he did not raise his hand. Trump said “I am a Republican” because of his parents. "You don't always have to be like your parents. What if your parents were both criminals?" the teacher said.
"Then," Trump said, "We'd be Democrats."
Stop calling us New Yorkers. We are doormats. Call us that.
They know exactly what they're doing. They're conspiring to undermine the basic social fabric of this city/country and replace it with one of their own construct. They're counting on low voter turnout.... and they're winning dumbasses
Seems like the local Trumpanzees love the deep state after all.
Like most DemoRat Commies they are Godless, Lawless, Merciless.
Liberal politicians wake up every morning and their first thought is always "what can I do to make life easier for criminals who make life miserable for everyone else?"
Telling a Politician to cut taxes is like telling a Herion addict to just quit.
This Schadenfreude is wonderful !
Vote blue no matter who is a big loss for Demorat voters.
I am telling you Sheeple to look beyond the vote.
The majority of the people that make up demographics of NYC and the woke, progressive liberals have voted unqualified politicians into office who have made NYC a playground for every kind of criminal. The only way out is to vote Republican.
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
Abraham Lincoln
@“ I am telling you Sheeple to look beyond the vote.”
You sound like a generic right wing dictator.
Take a hike, fascist!
@“ A teacher in New York asked her class, "How many of you are Democrats?"
Except TrumpTurd was a democrat as well as a Traitor, crook, and conman.
Gangs terrorize poor communities. Members of poor communities get conscripted into them. Gangs make it difficult to leave without being murdered. Protect these communities from gangs by all means!
It's why NYC is what it is!
Listen to me said...
These village idiots choose to have her minions spew this nonsense and instead of fixing the problem they rather kiss up to Hefty Heastie and Chubby Stewart-Cousins now that Cuomo the Creep is gone. VOTE ZELDIN
Except TrumpTurd was a democrat as well as a Traitor, crook, and conman.
TA playbook, Chapter 2, page 20.
What Planet do these deluded politicians live on? Why are they so dismissive and disrespectful to crime victims? Where did they come from? Please do not tell me they were born in NYC!
For everyone one of their enabled little gangbangers , there has to be 30 or 40 victims. They are dangerous violent people. No one is in Rikers Island for jumping a turnstile or smoking a joint.
If they’re not part of the solution they are the problem
@“ Except TrumpTurd was a democrat as well as a Traitor, crook, and conman.”
Are you sure it is on page 20?
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