Whistle-blower Shares Secret Audio at NYPD Trial -- Daily Intelligencer: The latest whistle-blower cop to secretly record his commanding officer shared a recording in court on Thursday, in which his superior tells him to stop "male blacks, 14 to 20." It's in the context of a tense conversation between Officer Pedro Serrano, who testified Thursday in the ongoing trial over the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program, and his superior officer, Deputy Inspector Christopher McCormack, in the Bronx. Serrano has been testifying that he faced retaliation for for not doing enough street stops, which is why he made the recording when he went to complain to McCormack about a poor performance review. What he wound up capturing speaks to the issue at the heart of the trial: whether the NYPD targets people for street stops based on their skin color, in violation of their civil liberties.
