NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The ban on gravity knives in New York has been lifted, and while it's good news for many workers and artisans, it's creating a new problem for some law enforcement officers.
No matter how you slice it, New York’s much-criticized law on gravity knives is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled Thursday. The decision by Manhattan Federal Court Judge Paul Crotty could have ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court conference will consider whether to hear an important case on vagueness, Copeland v. Vance (docket page, with links to all briefs). As an earlier post by Eugene ...
A federal judge ruled today that New York's notoriously nonsensical law criminalizing "gravity knives"—which groups have said for years is used by New York City to selectively prosecute people, ...
New York City has paid out at least $347,500 over the past five years for false arrest and malicious prosecution claims related to NYPD enforcement of New York’s controversial “gravity knife” statute, ...
An electrician for the city Department of Education was handcuffed and briefly jailed for carrying a tool he uses to do his job, the I-Team has learned. Walt Seager was carrying a folding utility ...
A utility knife Elliot Parrilla had purchased at Home Depot and was deemed a gravity knife.Legal Aid Society A knife found on the person of Richard Neal by the NYPD in 2008. The officer was able to ...
From People v. Trowells (N.Y. trial ct. July 11, 2014, published in the N.Y.L.J. today) (some paragraph breaks added): Defendant, Anthony Trowells, is charged, inter alia, with Criminal Possession of ...
New York, NY -- A federal judge pulled out an illegal "gravity knife" in a New York City courtroom Thursday and flicked it open. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest wasn't trying to show off her ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A new push has been launched to reform New York state law against gravity knives. As WCBS 880's Myles Miller reported, the latest push comes in response to President Donald ...
Black and Latino men had often been charged under New York’s unusual ban on the knives, which are opened with a flick of the wrist. By Jesse McKinley Over the past 60 years, tens of thousands of black ...
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