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  Luigi Mangione Fans Mock NYPD for Posting 'Album Cover' Photo of Suspected CEO Killer's Perp Walk: 'Coolest Dude Ever'

  Fans of Luigi Mangione are mocking law enforcement for photos released after Mangione was extradited from Pennsylvania to New York to face charges.

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  Luigi Mangione Fans Mock NYPD for Posting 'Album Cover' Photo of Suspected CEO Killer's Perp Walk: 'Coolest Dude Ever'

  Fans of Luigi Mangione are mocking law enforcement for photos released after Mangione was extradited from Pennsylvania to New York to face charges.

• New York City settles lawsuits over illegal Muslim surveillance by NYPD

  The New York Police Department will tighten safeguards against illegal surveillance of Muslims in secret investigations of terror threats. The city paid damages of about $1.6 million for the plaintiff's legal fees.

• Woman seen harassed on NYC streets in video gets rape threats

  A woman featured in a video in which she is harassed more than 100 times on New York City's streets said on Thursday that she has received dozens of rape threats after the clip was posted on the Internet and watched widely.

• NYPD suspends, to retrain police officers following death of ashtmatic man while in custody

  Buzzfeed cited the NYPD use of force guidelines from 2013's NYPD Patrol Guide, which clearly states that police officers are prohibited from using chokeholds as it could kill suspects. The officer who was seen in the video wrapping his arms on Garner, Daniel Pantaleo, had been stripped off his gun and badge. The fire department has subsequently suspended four ambulance medics. Both NYPD and the fire department are conducting probes to determine whether proper procedures have been made.

• NYC defends use of Muslims to spy on its own people

  According to Police Commissioner William Bratton on Tuesday, the questioning and eventual hiring of arrested Muslims in New York City to be its informants following the police department's dismantling of its Muslim spying unit was an essential part of their police work, The Associated Press reported.

• NYPD shuts down Muslim spying unit

  Following a public outcry and two federal lawsuits about New York Police Department's surveillance initiative, the department said today that it has shut down its Demographics Unit, TIME said.

• Judge rules that NYPD spying on Muslims in New Jersey is not illegal

  The ruling of US District Judge William Martini of Newark regarding the lawsuit filed against the New York Police Department over its surveillance programs said that the efforts were legal in order to thwart acts of terrorism that could befall on the state.

• De Blasio's Action after Brooklyn pastor arrest sparks criticism from politicians

  Critics slammed New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently when he was found to have a hand in the release of Bishop Orlando Findlayter from jail, who was arrested for outstanding warrants stemming from a political demonstration earlier.

• CNN questions impartiality of conducting heroine probes amid Philip Seymour Hoffman death

  A legal expert and a former police detective said that the attention of the New York state law enforcement had given on the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman was largely because of his celebrity status.

• 'Knockout': 72-Year-Old Woman Becomes Latest Victim Of Assault 'Game' Orchestrated By Youths (Video)

  The NYPD is investigating the latest victim of the so-called "knockout game," 72-year-old Jewish woman Mira Harpazi. The violent "game" involves youths sucker punching unsuspected and innocent bystanders in the street

• NYPD Mosques: Houses of Worship Could Belong to ‘Terrorist Organizations' Says Police Force (Video)

  The New York Police Department (NYPD) secretly labeled mosques as terrorist organizations, as the designation that allow police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams,