AltWeeklies Wire
To Serve, to Protect and...to Stealnew
If TSA workers steal from the people they are supposed to be protecting, how can they be trusted to keep the nation safe from terrorism?
New York Press |
Spencer Wilking |
05-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Femicide: New York City is Safer than Ever ... Unless You're a Womannew
In a city that is touted as one of the safest in the country, domestic-partner homicides persist. Last year, NYC's homicides numbered 496, which is a commendable number, especially compared to the early 1990s when the number was well over 2,200. Since the late '90s, however, the number of women killed by their partners hasn’t declined; it's difficult to make headway in preventing this type of killing.
New York Press |
Kimberly Thorpe |
08-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Begging Eliot Spitzer's Pardonnew
All John O'Hara wants for Christmas is the right to vote.
New York Press |
David Freelander |
12-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
By Any Means Necessarynew
The controversial shooting of Sean Bell awakens New York's civil rights community and spawns several new movements.
New York Press |
Christine Werthman |
12-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Unseen Handnew
An unsolved murder reveals a city experiencing an increase in mysterious homicides.
New York Press |
Audrey Dutton |
08-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Persecuted Pants Pooper Loses Brooklyn-Based Supportnew
Troy Musil went out drinking, ate lunch the next afternoon and shat his pants. The biological problems were only the beginning. It's Musil's behavior after the accident that caught the attention of authorities, and of a scatological Web master.
New York Press |
Jamie Pietras |
11-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
