worldUpdated: Jun 10, 2020 05:58 ISTNew York lawmakers striving for a new era of police accountability are poised to repeal a state law that has long kept police officers’ disciplinary records secret, one of several steps to rein in officers spurred by the national uproar over the death of George Floyd. Eliminating the law, known as Section 50-a, would make complaints against officers, as well as transcripts and final dispositions of disciplinary proceedings, public for the first time in decades. Governer Andrew Cuomo, who has recently supported reforming the law, has said in the wake of the protests that he will sign the repeal. “I was protesting for a reason,” Zayer said in a video tweeted from her hospital bed. D’Andraia is the first New York City police officer to face criminal charges over alleged misconduct exhibited during days of unrest that roiled the city in the wake of Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

Source: Hindustan Times June 09, 2020 21:33 UTC