Two weeks ago, a police officer who was attempting to execute a warrant for a Bronx resident accidentally shot the suspect's 76-year-old father. And in a completely surprising turn of events, the victim is now suing the city. more ›

Over the weekend, a76-year-old man was shot in the stomach while his son was the target of a raid. Emergency Services Unit officer Andrew McCormack was apparently trying to turn on his flashlight—which was mounted on his Glock—but accidentally discharged the gun and hit Jose Colon. A firearms instructor, who testified for a cop acquitted in the 1999 fatal police shooting of Amadou Diallo, thinks the gun-mounted flashlight is a terrible idea: Kenneth Cooper said to the Post, "A handgun should be a handgun, and a flashlight should be a flashlight. When you put a flashlight on a weapon system, there are numerous things that you have to manipulate, and under stress, things are more difficult." more ›

A Brooklyn federal judge declared that NYPD officers regularly fabricate criminal charges and lie under oath — and the city condones it. Judge Jack Weinstein said "there is some evidence of an attitude among officers that is sufficiently widespread to constitute a custom or policy by the city approving illegal conduct." more ›