Police Commissioner Dermot Shea Looks Back On NYPD's Crackdown In Mott Haven

The nature of policing — the very essence of the job — has changed dramatically over the course of the last year. After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, Americans poured into the streets demanding reform, defunding, even abolition of police departments nationwide, including the NYPD.

WNYC's Jami Floyd sat down with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and asked him about his department’s controversial response to one protest in the Bronx last June.

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For more, visit our project “24 Minutes in Mott Haven” on Gothamist.com. It includes the NYPD’s official statement about those events.