New York City's police commissioner Raymond Kelly on Thursday called the City Council's move to impose new oversight on the department misguided, and the mayor vowed to fight the measure.
Lawmakers voted earlier Thursday to create an outside watchdog and make it easier to bring racial profiling claims against the nation's largest police force. Both passed with enough votes to override expected vetoes, marking an inflection point in the public debate and power dynamics that have set the balance between prioritizing safety and protecting civil liberties here.
