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The brutal NYPD attack on hundreds of protestors in early June in the Bronx wasn\u0027t just criminal \u0026amp; unconstitutional. It was *planned*. NYPD used the curfew to trap, assault, \u0026amp; arrest. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/jx6QBioxM0\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/jx6QBioxM0\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottHech\/status\/1311334325099651072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003ESeptember 30, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENew York City officials are under fire following a Human Rights Watch investigation into the New York Police Department (NYPD)\u2019s assault and mass arrest of more than 250 peaceful protesters in the South Bronx. In Human Rights Watch\u2019s new 99-page \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/09\/30\/us-new-york-police-planned-assault-bronx-protesters\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E, researchers found that the June 4 operation \u2013 targeting demonstrators in a low-income, majority Black and Latinx community \u2013 was a violent, deliberately planned trap that could cost taxpayers several million dollars. After the attack, NYPD officials including Police Commissioner Dermot Shea spread misinformation about the protest to justify their abusive tactics, Human Rights Watch concluded.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on interviews with 81 protesters and observers and analysis of 155 videos recorded during the protest, the report provides the clearest evidence yet that the police action was intentional and violated international human rights law. It was accompanied by the release of a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ovsQoElXzl8\u0026amp;feature=emb_logo\u0022\u003E\u00a012-minute video\u003C\/a\u003E examining the relationship among the protest, New York City\u2019s 8 p.m. curfew, and the police tactic of \u201ckettling,\u201d produced with the visual investigations firm SITU Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EThis new investigation by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@hrw\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/situ_nyc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@situ_nyc\u003C\/a\u003E is a detailed and essential follow-up on the NYPD\u0027s intentional kettling and abuse of peaceful protesters in Mott Haven on June 4, during the height of the protests. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/51PhIXjLHV\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/51PhIXjLHV\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Evan Hill (@evanchill) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanchill\/status\/1311324324004012032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003ESeptember 30, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report drew swift media attention, including headlines in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/01\/us\/nypd-kettling-human-rights-watch\/index.html\u0022\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/time.com\/5894316\/nypd-assault-arrest-protesters-report\/\u0022\u003ETIME magazine\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nypds-violent-crackdown-mott-haven-violated-human-rights-laws-report-finds\u0022\u003EGothamist\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-nypd-trapped-george-floyd-protesters-human-rights-watch-20200930-v3bww4lunvfezi5bb2efmiltma-story.html\u0022\u003ENew York Daily News\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/09\/30\/nypd-nyc-protests-police-report\/\u0022\u003EThe Intercept\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2020\/9\/30\/21495416\/nypd-bronx-protest-response-violated-human-rights-watchdog-charges\u0022\u003EThe City\u003C\/a\u003E, along with televised segments on CBS and popular New York stations \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2020\/09\/30\/nypd-violated-protesters--human-rights--according-to-international-watchdog\u0022\u003ENY1\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/bronx\/nypd-violated-human-rights-during-planned-operation-at-bronx-protest-report\u0022\u003EPix11\u003C\/a\u003E, which called the report a \u201cbombshell investigation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EA new Human Rights Watch report claims New York City police officers deliberately assaulted protesters in the Bronx earlier this summer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHuman Rights Watch acting director of crisis and conflict \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@ida_sawyer\u003C\/a\u003E joins CBSN to explain what happened in Mott Haven. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/01UvSSjU6B\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/01UvSSjU6B\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1313535879114350592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EOctober 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings spurred outrage from New York City taxpayers and advocates of social justice. Some of them took to the radio \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/02\/de-blasio-says-nypd-was-wrong-in-stopping-mott-haven-protest\/\u0022\u003Eduring The Brian Lehrer show on WNYC on October 2\u003C\/a\u003E, when Mayor Bill DeBlasio joined for the show\u2019s regular \u201cAsk the Mayor\u201d segment. Listeners called in to ask the mayor for his response to the report. \u201cIf things were done wrong, anyone who did something wrong should be held accountable in the appropriate way,\u201d DeBlasio said during the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELaura Pitter of Human Rights Watch pointed out on Twitter that despite Mayor DeBlasio\u2019s on-air statement that the NYPD was wrong to arrest legal observers at the protest, his administration has done nothing to hold officers accountable several months after the attack.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EOn today\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskTheMayor?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#AskTheMayor\u003C\/a\u003E show with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianLehrer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@BrianLehrer\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@NYCMayor\u003C\/a\u003E was asked about our new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@hrw\u003C\/a\u003E report\/video about the NYPD\u0027s crackdown on protesters in the Bronx and the cost of systemic police brutality. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/hi05NvSu5h\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/hi05NvSu5h\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurapitter\/status\/1312070037147181061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EOctober 2, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHuman Rights Watch will continue pushing the mayor, the NYPD, and other city leaders to take action on our recommendations \u2013 including holding abusive officers accountable, making structural changes ot reduce the NYPD\u2019s role in addressing societal problems, and redirecting money from policing toward \u00a0improving access to health, education, housing, and job opportunities that protesters in Mott Haven and across New York City have been fighting to get for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2020\/09\/30\/kettling-protesters-bronx\/systemic-police-brutality-and-its-costs-united-states\u0022\u003EReal the full report \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]