Adrian Schoolcraft is a US Navy Veteran and an eight year veteran of the New York Police Department.
Schoolcraft is ethical. I would say ethical to a fault but I don't believe there can be a fault in being ethical. Over the course of eight years documenting via voice recording a systematic method of statistical manipulation. Another term for it is cooking the books. Another term, popularized by the show the Wire, is called juking the stats.
It's a method of fudging the numbers with respect to law enforcement so that the Police Department, politicians, and cities look better. It means making rape charges into assaults. It means making grand theft charges into petty larceny. It means arresting citizens simply so that a precinct can say their doing their jobs despite a citizen having done nothing wrong.
The consequences are dire. Rapists walk free while a victims faith in the justice system dies. A working citizens property is stolen and months of economic output is down the drain while a thief is free to strike again. A citizen is arrested, given an arrest record, and now may be unable to get a job just so a politician or a police commander can look good.
Adrian Schoolcraft thought this was wrong and so do I. He recorded his commanders for years. The evidence is damning. It is clear that there is an multi-year conspiracy to subvert justice for reputations sake. It is frightening to say the least.
In retaliation Schoolcraft was involuntarily institutionalized by officers from his precinct once he internally filed charges against them (or rather for the people of New York City). As a result Schoolcraft was suspended without pay.
Just recently Richard A. Brown, the District Attorney in Queens, refused to file charges with the Grand Jury in Queens, New York, citing that the police hadn't committed any crime. He cites an extensive investigation but refuses to release any information about the investigation. Corruption stinks from the head and the Queens DA's office smells atrocious.
This level of corruption can not be allowed to stand. If it can stand with years of recordings the illegal arrests will continue, violent criminals will walk free, and citizens will be in danger. The people of New York must demand an investigation not only into the Schoolcraft case but into CompStat so that it can be utilized and not abused. While it is run by math and algorithms the results of this computer program are all too real.
Police officers are asked to fabricate charges for the system. Real crimes are ignored in order to keep up appearances. Citizens are harassed and arrested. And civilians are put in danger.
There must be an investigation, not only to punish corrupt cops in this case, but to help cops. The tail is wagging the dog. That tail is a computer system. And for once it's the cops that need our help because otherwise there is no way to stop it.
Schoolcraft is ethical. I would say ethical to a fault but I don't believe there can be a fault in being ethical. Over the course of eight years documenting via voice recording a systematic method of statistical manipulation. Another term for it is cooking the books. Another term, popularized by the show the Wire, is called juking the stats.
It's a method of fudging the numbers with respect to law enforcement so that the Police Department, politicians, and cities look better. It means making rape charges into assaults. It means making grand theft charges into petty larceny. It means arresting citizens simply so that a precinct can say their doing their jobs despite a citizen having done nothing wrong.
The consequences are dire. Rapists walk free while a victims faith in the justice system dies. A working citizens property is stolen and months of economic output is down the drain while a thief is free to strike again. A citizen is arrested, given an arrest record, and now may be unable to get a job just so a politician or a police commander can look good.
Adrian Schoolcraft thought this was wrong and so do I. He recorded his commanders for years. The evidence is damning. It is clear that there is an multi-year conspiracy to subvert justice for reputations sake. It is frightening to say the least.
In retaliation Schoolcraft was involuntarily institutionalized by officers from his precinct once he internally filed charges against them (or rather for the people of New York City). As a result Schoolcraft was suspended without pay.
Just recently Richard A. Brown, the District Attorney in Queens, refused to file charges with the Grand Jury in Queens, New York, citing that the police hadn't committed any crime. He cites an extensive investigation but refuses to release any information about the investigation. Corruption stinks from the head and the Queens DA's office smells atrocious.
This level of corruption can not be allowed to stand. If it can stand with years of recordings the illegal arrests will continue, violent criminals will walk free, and citizens will be in danger. The people of New York must demand an investigation not only into the Schoolcraft case but into CompStat so that it can be utilized and not abused. While it is run by math and algorithms the results of this computer program are all too real.
Police officers are asked to fabricate charges for the system. Real crimes are ignored in order to keep up appearances. Citizens are harassed and arrested. And civilians are put in danger.
There must be an investigation, not only to punish corrupt cops in this case, but to help cops. The tail is wagging the dog. That tail is a computer system. And for once it's the cops that need our help because otherwise there is no way to stop it.
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