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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