Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said the dialogue in the recording served as an example of problems the NYPD has long been criticized for.
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donationsGothamist storyConstruction worker and dad Jonathan Wohl was arrested last September while recording himself staging a one-man protest in Midtown. During the arrest, police confiscated his phone, which kept recording for nearly eight hours, including while he was in a holding cell.The tape offered a rare look into the day-to-day work of cops, and the conversations between them behind closed doors.
The NYPD and the The Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents police officers, declined to comment on the remarks made in the recording.serves as a watchdog over city government“These conversations coming to light confirms what we have long known: systemic bias and abuse of power endanger New Yorkers,” Williams. “Our office is investigating the alarms raised in the recordings captured by Jonathan Wohl. Discriminatory exchanges like these demand answers.
In the recording, the arresting officer Enright referred to Wohl as a “professional idiot” and joked that it “would be funny if I EDP’d him,” an apparent reference to the NYPD’s designation of some suspects as emotionally disturbed persons. “We are also concerned by the alleged undermining of due process and the right to legal representation, and the misuse of "EDP" status,” Williams said on Twitter. Such harmful practices feed into the criminalization of psychiatric disabilities and erode the very core of justice.”Donate today and receive our new limited-edition bag.
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