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“Video Showing Student Killed By NYPD Cruiser Remains Sealed,” Christopher Robbins for Gothamist
Gothamist covers Vaccaro & White's efforts to make public the facts concerning the death of Ryo Oyamda, a Japanese student struck and killed by two NYPD officers in a police cruiser.
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Village Voice: “The NYPD’s Poor Judgement With the Mentally Ill”
The death of Shereese Francis has rekindled a decades-long debate over the NYPD's treatment of the mentally ill.
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Village Voice: “Family Sues to Learn Why Shereese Francis was Suffocated in Her Home by Police”
A family sues to get documents from the NYPD, who selectively leek information to the press while simultaneously denying the family's access to the very same information.
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Gothamist: “Did The NYPD Suffocate A Mentally Ill Woman To Death While Trying To Cuff Her?”
Steve Vaccaro, who represents the family of Shereese Fancis, criticizes the NYPD's unjustified delays in withholding information from victims' families.
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Streetsblog: Family of Mathieu Lefevre Sues NYPD for Withholding Crash Information
Rankin & Taylor attorney Steve Vaccaro has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for refusing to release information under New York's Freedom of Information Law.