Stories by Robert Gangi

Robert Gangi is Senior Policy Analyst at the Urban Justice Center. He has been visiting prisons, conferring with officials and inmates, and writing reports on relevant criminal justice subjects for over twenty years. During this time he has served as the Executive Director of the Correctional Association of New York. subscribe to Robert Gangi's feed

When Police Are Encouraged to Abuse, Not Protect

Posted on: Nov 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The NYPD's quota system forces officers to crack down on the very people they are supposed to serve and protect.

The NYPD Has Become Dangerous--So Why Is A Local Paper Boosting its Leader?

Posted on: Apr 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Why is a major city paper ignoring the NYPD's dangerous policies?

Whose Police Department? How the NYPD Serves the Rich and Oppresses the People

Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The NYPD are not accountable to the people; they are members of an occupying force and the people are the enemy.

Tyranny in NYC: The NYPD's Wasteful, Ineffective, Illegal, and Unjust Targeting of Blacks and Latinos

Posted on: Jun 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Mayor Bloomberg's critics are silent as the NYPD breaks the law to attack blacks and Latinos with harmful, low-level arrests for marijuana.