In an extraordinary critique of the NYPD, a city watchdog agency found that the department was ill-prepared for the spring protests and that its response consequently resulted in “excessive enforcement” and the suppressing of demonstrators’ free-speech rights.
A lengthy report by the Department of Investigation released Dec. 18 concluded that top police officials as well as rank-and-file officers were unprepared, undertrained and misinformed as they confronted the massive demonstrations that erupted in late May and continued into June following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
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