The agreement requires the nation's largest police department to deploy fewer officers to most public protests.
New York City's police department has agreed to adopt new policies intended to safeguard the rights of protesters as part of a legal settlement stemming from its response to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020., filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, requires the nation's largest police department to deploy fewer officers to most public protests.
In a video statement, Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, said the settlement struck an appropriate balance to"ensure that we are both protecting public safety and respecting protesters' First Amendment rights." The Strategic Response Group, a heavily armored police unit specializing in crowd control, may not be deployed until a police commander authorizes a tier three mobilization, based on certain offenses committed by protest attendees. Otherwise, the NYPD is expected to rely on community affairs officers trained in deescalation tactics.
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