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New York City Police caught altering Wikipedia entries on police brutality victims

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Post by Ben Reilly Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:44 pm

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/
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Post by Cass Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:00 pm

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.
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Post by eddie Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:45 pm

If his is true....oh dear.

To be honest though, I've always found it silly that one can edit Wikipedia....
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Post by Original Quill Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:37 am

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.

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