File-Black Lives Matter protesters are arrested by NYPD officers on the Brooklyn Bridge, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in New York.
The unions argue that allowing the public to see unproven or false complaints could sully officers’ reputations and compromise their safety.
ProPublica said it excluded allegations that investigators deemed unfounded from the material it published.
In all, the searchable database contains 12,056 complaints against 3,996 active NYPD officers.
But we believe the public good it could do outweighs the potential harm,” ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg said.
Like ProPublica, the NYCLU argued it was not a party to the lawsuit. »