This commission’s agenda is inadequate, and frankly it is a disappointment, we can, and we should do better by the people of Buffalo.
Activists say Buffalo police reform report lacks substance.
Mayor Byron W. Brown’s draft recommendations for police reform in Buffalo released earlier this week fail to take adequate steps toward change and ignored community input, a group of activists and community groups said Friday.
Buffalonians are speaking out against what they’re calling a flawed police reform process.
In response to the inadequate Buffalo police reform agenda that Mayor Brown released, local advocates will be holding a press conference on Friday at 9:30 AM to respond. The agenda falsely claims to be based on community input and is only open to the community for a two day period for comments. We would like to set the record straight.
Generations of Black and brown people have experienced police violence in their communities, but the death of George Floyd ignited the powder keg of America’s racial reckoning.
The Buffalo Common Council may approve as early as next month a Right to Know Law to enhance police transparency and accountability.
A recent ruling in Erie County Court requires the Erie County District Attorney’s Office to share with defense attorneys the full disciplinary record of any police officer who will be called as a witness in a criminal case.
An investigation into an arrest by two Buffalo police officers captured on cellphone video holding down and punching a man led to no charges, the Monroe County District Attorney confirmed Friday night.
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn says a grand jury has dismissed the case against two Buffalo police officers who pushed a man during Black Lives Matter protests in Niagara Square in June 2020.
