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Index: Police Misconduct
Jul 19,
1919
Race Riot Erupts in Washington, DC
Feb 10,
1924
Police in Wilkes-Barre, PA Block Radicals’ Meeting
May 23,
1929
ACLU Leaders Meet with NYC Police Commissioner, Demand Protection of Civil Liberties
Jan 28,
1930
ACLU to Sue NYC Police Over Brutality, Fatal Shooting of Communist Party Member in Demonstration
Mar 28,
1930
DA Won’t Charge NYC Police Officers for Brutality in Communists’ Rally
Oct 2,
1930
Cleveland Police Club, Tear Gas 2,500 Protesting President Herbert Hoover
Aug 10,
1931
Wickersham Commission: First-Ever Report on Police Brutality
Nov 28,
1931
NYC Police Raid Anti-Fascist Newspaper’s Office – ACLU Protests
Oct 2,
1932
LA Police, American Legion Break Up Scottsboro Defense Meeting in Long Beach, CA
Oct 13,
1934
NYC Police Break Up Anti-Fascist Rally – NYCLU Demands Mayor Investigate
Nov 27,
1934
NYC Police Commissioner Tells Officers to “Muss Up” Known Criminals
Mar 20,
1935
NYC Mayor La Guardia Launches Investigation of Police Brutality in Harlem
Aug 1,
1943
Harlem Race Riot Signals Rising African-American Discontent
Jun 27,
1949
Supreme Court Refuses to Apply Exclusionary Rule to the States
Jun 19,
1961
Exclusionary Rule for the Police: “Mapp v. Ohio”
Jun 22,
1964
Escobedo: A Right to Counsel During Police Interrogations
Feb 9,
1966
NYC Police Commissioner Opposes Civilian Review of the Police in Letter to Mayor
May 8,
1970
“Hard Hat Riot:” Union Workers Attack Anti-War Demonstrators in NYC
Sep 3,
1971
FBI to Investigate Police Violence Against Latinos, African-Americans in Bridgeport, CT
Oct 22,
1971
“A Civil Liberties Disaster” – New York Civil Liberties Union Attacks Procedures in Police Corruption Probe
Jan 22,
1976
Supreme Court Rejects Injunctions Against Police Misconduct
Mar 3,
1991
L.A. Police Beat Rodney King; Video Tape Provokes National Outrage
Sep 13,
1994
Violent Crime Control Act Addresses Police Abuse, Violence Against Women
Jun 17,
2012
Silent Marches Protest Police “Stop and Frisk” Policies
Aug 12,
2013
NYC Police’s Stop and Frisk Practices Ruled Unconstitutional
Mar 4,
2015
DOJ Issues Blistering Report on Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department
Mar 4,
2015
President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Releases Interim Report
Oct 23,
2015
FBI Director James Comey Blames Police Critics For Recent Rise in Violent Crime
Apr 16,
2016
Washington Post Wins Pulitzer for Path-Breaking Reporting on People Shot by the Police
Jun 17,
2016
Lost NYC Police Spying Files Found in Queens
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