She was a victim of police violence. Then the NYPD Commissioner buried her case.

When Brianna Villafane took to the streets of New York City in the summer of 2020 to protest police violence, she did not expect to be the victim of it. Although a police oversight agency found that an NYPD officer’s behavior toward her during that protest constituted significant misconduct, Villafane’s case was buried. Meanwhile, the officer that attacked her has been promoted - twice.
A ProPublica investigation found that Police Commissioner Edward Caban has unilaterally buried a number cases of police misconduct through a little-known power called retention, which involves stopping a case before it reaches disciplinary trial and short-circuiting the oversight and disciplinary process altogether.
Read our full story, co-published with The New York Times, at: propub.li/3VFvAVI
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[@michaelmaage]

This is why people - rightfully so - don't trust the police.

[@aluisious]

I trust the cops to perform their real job, keeping people in line, and they don’t disappoint.

[@michaelmaage]

@@aluisious That was an impressively demented comment.

[@AntonioBarsanio]

@@michaelmaage Easy, the one commenting is Inspector Gerard Dowling.

[@deebrown8133]

That protest was a bunch of b******* and if you're there protesting and you're not going to be respectful that's how you get treated that simple. I don't get treated like crap by police because I'm not disrespectful

[@michaelmaage]

@@deebrown8133 "I have never experienced the police abuse their power - therefore I assume it's not a problem" Bravo my friend. That's a genius and "original" take you got there.

[@stevecytfme]

What's the point in even having an "Oversight Agency"? They're disgusting, absolutely disgusting!!😡😡😡😡😡😠😠😠😠😠

[@CeasefireNow2024]

If it's not safe to voice an opinion in your country , is your country even a democracy?

[@aluisious]

The USA is not a democracy. Voting between two goons is meaningless.

[@christinasornbutnark1208]

If the City of NY doesn’t want to police their police get a lawyer and take their 💰💰💰💰

[@CeasefireNow2024]

Sending love and solidarity from Australia. A woman, a student has the right to disagree with violence without being assaulted by Police.

[@AntonioBarsanio]

Being a woman has nothing to do with anything. There are women cops that will abuse their power also.

[@PeppySweetheart]

Good to know. Thank you

[@phaedrussocrates7636]

Thank you

[@wmlundine]

naration is nice

[@jsin7418]

Disgusting 🤬

[@Ef554rgcc]

NYPD has plenty of practice. They learned a lot during the Occupy movement.

[@jdleo18]

Talk about domestic violence!

[@j.d.1488]

Violence? Whats up with the mask?

[@beetlelisk]

It goes quite far when it's not only black people but also a cute white girl lol

[@riverlady982]

Why don't you go read the comment section on your short because unlike this it has plenty of views and comments that are far more informative than the few I see here. I can guarantee you that the reason you don't have more views on your video is because when you read the comment section you will realize that nobody cares enough to watch this. Even if all you used was this highly edited video you still couldn't win a case because there isn't one in your favor.

[@Tortilla.Reform]

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