“Can we deny/delay?” a top city attorney wrote in a flurry of emails between city officials. Several city officials and the police department did not return requests for comment. ADAD“State law and local law and rules have been designed to shield police from accountability,” Harris said. New York also repealed a law, referred to as 50-a, that shielded the disciplinary and complaint records of law enforcement officers. City officials did not respond to questions about the emails.

Source: Washington Post September 25, 2020 14:10 UTC