New York City Police caught altering Wikipedia entries on police brutality victims
5 posters
Page 1 of 1
New York City Police caught altering Wikipedia entries on police brutality victims
The New York Police Department has anonymously edited and tried to delete Wikipedia pages about police brutality victims, Capital New York has discovered. Edits coming from 1 Police Plaza headquarters targeted pages for Eric Garner, Sean Bell, and Amadou Diallo.
NYPD IP addresses were used to edit the Wikipedia page on the “Death of Eric Garner,” who was killed by police chokehold and inspired massive nationwide protests in the fall. Capital New York found that the department changed “Garner raised both his arms in the air” to “Garner flailed his arms about as he spoke,” and added the sentence “Garner, who was considerably larger than any of the officers, continued to struggle with them,” among other changes.
Someone at the NYPD also tried to delete the article on Sean Bell, an unarmed man who was gunned down by officers firing 50 bullets in 2006, arguing that “no one except Al Sharpton cares anymore.” The user wrote, “The police shoot people every day, and times with a lot more than 50 bullets. This incident is more news than notable.”
The NYPD also edited entries about the police force’s stop-and-frisk policy deemed unconstitutional in 2013, as well as a number of unrelated articles, including “Four Loko,” “Sailor Moon,” and “Croissant.”
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/03/13/3633381/nypd-wikipedia-edits/
Re: New York City Police caught altering Wikipedia entries on police brutality victims
I am sure it is not the NYPD, but rather a certain or a few individual(s). Just because an IP address seems to come from a certain physical address is no reason to claim the whole organization is corrupt and participating.
Are there good cops? YES
Are there bad cops? YES
Is their problems within their organizations? YES
Do they need reform? YES
Was whomever wrong to do this? YES
On the whole I would rather the police than not thanks very much. Without them this country would be in a lot worse of a mess.
Are there good cops? YES
Are there bad cops? YES
Is their problems within their organizations? YES
Do they need reform? YES
Was whomever wrong to do this? YES
On the whole I would rather the police than not thanks very much. Without them this country would be in a lot worse of a mess.
Cass- the Nerd Queen of Nerds, the Lover of Books who Cooks
- Posts : 6617
Join date : 2014-01-19
Age : 56
Re: New York City Police caught altering Wikipedia entries on police brutality victims
If his is true....oh dear.
To be honest though, I've always found it silly that one can edit Wikipedia....
To be honest though, I've always found it silly that one can edit Wikipedia....
eddie- King of Beards. Keeper of the Whip. Top Chef. BEES!!!!!! Mushroom muncher. Spider aficionado!
- Posts : 43129
Join date : 2013-07-28
Age : 25
Location : England
Re: New York City Police caught altering Wikipedia entries on police brutality victims
NYCPD is one self-centered organization. With an outstanding police union, they are cocky and impervious to criticism.
They go out to Staten Island and kill some harmless guy, then turn their backs when they might face reproach. They have no dignity.
They go out to Staten Island and kill some harmless guy, then turn their backs when they might face reproach. They have no dignity.
Original Quill- Forum Detective ????♀️
- Posts : 37540
Join date : 2013-12-19
Age : 59
Location : Northern California
Similar topics
» 2 Shootings Caught on Video, 2 Young Black Victims, and Zero Charges Against the Police
» Albuquerque police kill man hours after city protest over police shootings
» New York state police handcuff and shackle ‘combative’ five-year-old
» BREAKING: Police Lock Down New York as Protests spread Nationwide
» Police brutality against black people happens way less than public thinks
» Albuquerque police kill man hours after city protest over police shootings
» New York state police handcuff and shackle ‘combative’ five-year-old
» BREAKING: Police Lock Down New York as Protests spread Nationwide
» Police brutality against black people happens way less than public thinks
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:28 pm by Ben Reilly
» TOTAL MADNESS Great British Railway Journeys among shows flagged by counter terror scheme ‘for encouraging far-right sympathies
Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:14 pm by Tommy Monk
» Interesting COVID figures
Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:00 am by Tommy Monk
» HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:33 pm by Tommy Monk
» The Fight Over Climate Change is Over (The Greenies Won!)
Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:59 pm by Tommy Monk
» Trump supporter murders wife, kills family dog, shoots daughter
Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:21 am by 'Wolfie
» Quill
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:28 pm by Tommy Monk
» Algerian Woman under investigation for torture and murder of French girl, 12, whose body was found in plastic case in Paris
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:04 pm by Tommy Monk
» Wind turbines cool down the Earth (edited with better video link)
Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:19 am by Ben Reilly
» Saying goodbye to our Queen.
Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:02 pm by Maddog
» PHEW.
Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:33 pm by Syl
» And here's some more enrichment...
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:46 pm by Ben Reilly
» John F Kennedy Assassination
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:40 pm by Ben Reilly
» Where is everyone lately...?
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:33 pm by Ben Reilly
» London violence over the weekend...
Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:19 pm by Tommy Monk
» Why should anyone believe anything that Mo Farah says...!?
Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:44 am by Tommy Monk
» Liverpool Labour defends mayor role poll after turnout was only 3% and they say they will push ahead with the option that was least preferred!!!
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:11 pm by Tommy Monk
» Labour leader Keir Stammer can't answer the simple question of whether a woman has a penis or not...
Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:58 am by Tommy Monk
» More evidence of remoaners still trying to overturn Brexit... and this is a conservative MP who should be drummed out of the party and out of parliament!
Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:50 pm by Tommy Monk
» R Kelly 30 years, Ghislaine Maxwell 20 years... but here in UK...
Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:31 pm by Original Quill