12/8/17 QUEENS — When the traffic gets bottlenecked during rush hour on Northern Boulevard and 55th Road in Woodside, NYPD Inspector Tom Conforti hopes drivers will notice the huge billboard attached to the Long Island Railroad trestle. “Learn about Mail Fishing and Check Washing,” the billboard tells all who pass by. It’s a campaign that […]
Glenn Grays, 27, of East New York, says he was driving along President St. in Crown Heights on March 17 when an unmarked police car nearly hit his mail truck. Frustrated, the postal worker shouted something out of his window at the unmarked police car — which promptly stopped, backed up and disgorged four plainclothes […]
Video of questionable arrest of on-duty letter carrier sparks outrage, concern On March 17 [2016], Brooklyn letter carrier Glen Grays Jr. had parked his postal vehicle and was preparing to deliver a package when he had a troubling encounter with police that led to his arrest. Smartphone video of that arrest sparked outrage and led […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. postal worker is filing a lawsuit against the NYPD, after two officers were indicted for allegedly assaulting him. As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported, postal worker Karim Baker, 26, is asking for a $100 million apology from the department. He said he feels police were out to get him after […]
One Defendant Also Charged With Perjury In Sworn Criminal Complaint Against Victim Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, today announced that two New York City Police Department detectives have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury on charges of assaulting a uniformed U.S. […]
The NYPD lieutenant who supervised the cursing plainclothes cops who arrested an on-duty postal worker in Brooklyn earlier this month has been stripped of his badge and gun, the Daily News has learned. Lt. Luis Machado was placed on modified duty in connection with the embarrassingly volatile clash between cops and postal employee Glen Grays […]
3/22/16 Top NYPD brass should deliver a strong rebuke to four officers and a lieutenant who cuffed an on-duty postal worker last week because he shouted at them, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said Tuesday. Glenn Grays, 27, of East New York, says he was driving along President St. in Crown Heights on March 17 […]