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15 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 385 (1998-1999)
Civilians Often Need Protection From the Police: Let's Handcuff Police Brutality

handle is hein.journals/nylshr15 and id is 405 raw text is: Civilians Often Need Protection From the Police: Let's Handcuff Police Brutality The most effective way to deter police brutality, like the alleged assault on Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, is for city officials to repeatedly remind its 38,000 police officers that unnecessary violence will not be tolerated ... Delivering a message ... is very important... What you try to do is set the proper tone and to make it clear that actions of a certain kind will not be tolerated.' I. INTRODUCTION The recent brutalization of Abner Louima by New York City police officers and the reticence of the officers and supervisors, both during and immediately after this incident, has caused public outrage.2 Despite this outrage, police violence occurs in the city with alarming regularity. Although there has been a drastic drop in crime in New York since 1992, many people believe they are less safe now than they were then.4 Many argue that while incidents of serious crime in New York have decreased, civil rights abuses by police officers has been the consequence that some individuals must contend with.5 From 1993 to 1995, civilian complaints filed against police officers for excessive force increased by 61.9 percent.6 In the same period, allegations of police abuse of authority have increased by 86.2 percent, and allegations of illegal searches rose by 135 percent.7 The recent ' See Matthew Goldstein, Mollen Praises Mayor's Response to Assault by Police, N.Y.L.J., Sept. 4, 1997, at I (quoting Milton Mollen, former state judge and chairman to the Commission that investigated police corruption). 2 David Dinkins, Giuliani Time: What the Mayor Must Do about Police Brutality, VILLAGE VOICE, Aug. 26, 1997, at 34. 3 See id. 4 See id. 5 See Claude Lewis, Crime is Down in New York but is Police Abuse the Price to Pay, DAYTON DAILY NEWS, Sept. 8, 1997, at 6A. 6 See Dinkins, supra note 2, at 34. 7 See Dinkins, supra note 2, at 34. 385

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