MOUNT VERNON: Feds launch investigation into police department

WASHINGTON POST: Federal officials said they had reviewed public information, including news reports, and complaints from residents over the police department’s conduct. The agency drew scrutiny in 2019 after the disclosure of secret recordings made by officer Murashea Bovell, a whistleblower, which appeared to show that supervisors failed to investigate allegations of misconduct, as well as officers planting evidence and colluding with drug dealers.

In May, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah requested that the Justice Department intervene over what she called “pervasive and persistent” civil rights violations committed by officers.

“When officers break the law, they violate their oath and undermine the community’s trust,” Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at a news conference Friday in New York City.....

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