Today the @CCRB_NYC fired four of its most experienced senior staff, who just happened to be the people pressing the agency to do something, anything, to stop the unprecedented roadblocks the @NYPDnews has been putting up. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/nyregion/nypd-ccrb-firings.html
The author of a memo stating that the NYPD's refusal to provide body worn camera footage made investigations "untenable"? Fired. https://gothamist.com/news/memo-nypd-oversight-investigators-job-has-become-untenable-because-body-cam-backlog
Those asking the agency to speak out against the fact that the NYPD throws so many investigations in the garbage? Mayor will never name you to the bench if you keep those guys around. https://www.propublica.org/article/over-a-dozen-black-and-latino-men-accused-a-cop-of-humiliating-invasive-strip-searches-the-nypd-kept-promoting-him
Remember when @FlorenceFinkle was fired at Norman Seabrook's request because she wanted to bring criminal charges against officers who, you know, committed crimes? https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/nyregion/at-rikers-a-roadblock-to-reform.html
This is not just the story of firing four people. It is the story of an administration that believes, fundamentally, that you can make problems go away by firing whistleblowers.