De Blasio Vows Tighter NYPD Oversight After Protest Missteps
- City investigation reveals excessive force, poor planning
- Leaders who reject the new policies will be ousted, mayor says
Investigators found that some NYPD officers tried to hide their badge numbers.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to adopt stricter police oversight after an internal investigation found widespread instances of excessive force during street protests last summer over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.
Officials and police who don’t make changes will be removed, de Blasio said at a Friday news briefing discussing a report on police tactics used during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations. The mayor had requested the probe by the city’s Department of Investigations.