Yeah I mean why wouldn’t they do this? I mean it worked right? There’s basically no risk factor: NYPD can do <i>almost anything</i> without ever facing any meaningful consequence on the individual or org level.<p>NYPD paid a $650k settlement direct from the taxpayers pockets, a meaningless “consequence”
See also: Excited delirium<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excited_delirium" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excited_delirium</a><p>I first learned of this story from excellent reporting by The Village Voice many years ago:<p><a href="https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/05/04/the-nypd-tapes-inside-bed-stuys-81st-precinct/" rel="nofollow">https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/05/04/the-nypd-tapes-insid...</a><p>Absolutely harrowing.
The podcast This American Life did a story on Adrian in 2010. You can hear parts of the audio recordings as well. <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/414/right-to-remain-silent/act-two-0" rel="nofollow">https://www.thisamericanlife.org/414/right-to-remain-silent/...</a>
>Schoolcraft has stated that: "There's not enough money in the state to get me to settle this suit. It's going to trial and there's no way around that – the truth has to come out."<p>>In September 2015, the portion of the lawsuit against the NYPD settled, with Schoolcraft to receive $600,000 in compensation.[26] The portion against Jamaica Hospital was settled confidentially in November 2015.[27]<p>Interesting
This is what ACAB means btw. It's not that good people can't become cops, it's that they can't stay good, or can't stay cops. They either get pressured and eventually broken into habitual complicity or just forced out entirely.