brian mcguigan

Posted
10 May 2008 @ 11am

Tagged
Life

White NYPD officers unknowingly harass highest ranking black officer

Two white NYPD cops are on suspension after ordering a three star chief — in a department vehicle with identification — out of his car at gunpoint. The chief is black and said the officers had no probable cause to initiate contact.
NY Daily News also has a map that breaks down NYPD contacts by race [...]


Posted
25 April 2008 @ 6am

Tagged
Terror

NYPD stormtroopers to patrol subways

DHS and the NYPD have collaborated to bring us another taxpayer funded PR stunt. At a cost of $30 million dollars for the next two years, ‘Operation Torch’ will put heavily armed officers in the subways in a mostly futile effort to prevent terrorist attacks.
I’m with them in-so-far as there is a terrorist threat [...]


Posted
28 March 2008 @ 9am

Tagged
Terror

Grand Theft Auto IV goes political

In a trailer for the upcoming release of GTA IV, Rockstar Games takes an appropriate swipe at the NYPD — the force the game imitates under the name ‘Liberty City Police Department.’ Who knew they had it in them?

See also:
+ NYPD scare tactics in full force


Posted
18 March 2008 @ 5pm

Tagged
Terror

NYPD scare-tactics in full force

Looks like the NYPD has a new measure to fight terrorism:
At the local level, the authorities are experimenting with new ways to keep potential terrorists off guard.
In New York City, as many as 100 police officers in squad cars from every precinct converge twice daily at randomly selected times and at randomly selected sites, like [...]