As news broke that NYC is preparing to offer $21,500 settlements to hundreds of people trapped by police and attacked with batons & pepper spray during a 2020 protest, elected officials sought answers during an oversight hearing. The NYPD didn't show up.
ouncilmembers weighed the future of the NYPD’s controversial Strategic Response Group, or SRG — the group that responded to the Mott Haven protest. Most people who spoke at the meeting — councilmembers and members of the public alike — said they want the unit to be disbanded.
In a written statement, NYPD Director of Legislative Affairs Michael Clarke noted that more than 80 lawsuits regarding the police response to the 2020 protests are still pending in state and federal courts, including abrought by state Attorney General Letitia James. He said the department had signed a confidentiality agreement while negotiations are ongoing.
The hearing was supposed to provide an opportunity to the City Council and members of the public to learn more about the SRG’s training, budget and tactics. More than 100 people also signed up to speak during the public comment period — many of them activists who said they had been arrested or mistreated by members of the unit.
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