We Are Change: #MyNYPD Documented Failure

#MyNYPD was created by the NYPDnews on Twitter to create a good dialogue between the police department and the people, the results differ from the intention however. The smokescreen of PR has quickly been washed away by “tweets” posted displaying police brutality with the #MyNYPD hashtag. Luke Rudkowski at We Are Change has also taken part in the campaign, with examples of police brutality taken first hand.

#myNYPD or undercover NYPD sucker punches me when i'm doing my job as a journalist (VIDEO) https://t.co/KCqc2OKdOe @OccupyWallStNYC

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

#mynypd beats me with a baton for being a jouranlist VIDEO https://t.co/0oWBT6wLBe

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

I was there when I saw #myNYPD mow down protestors with scooters then arrest them @OccupyWallStNYC pic.twitter.com/KD7k8ViXdV

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

here's a compilation of my best #mynypd moments VIDEO https://t.co/mDyOpc5UlV

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

#mynypd was so nice to tackle my camera man and tell him they were going to SET HIM UP so they could arrest him https://t.co/1WBc3UJH9R

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

here is #mynypd arresting people at a protest for RAISING THEIR VOICES no joke VIDEO https://t.co/tfKNmwn5eS

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

#mynypd sets me up on false pretenses, sends me to jail for 3 days when I tried to ask Mayor Bloomberg a question pic.twitter.com/vGHhO5acja

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 22, 2014

This however did not come as a surprise:

BREAKING: NYPD social media intern pepper sprayed, beaten unconscious, and facing felony charges for epic #FAIL on #myNYPD

— WeAreChange NYC (@WeAreChangeNYC) April 22, 2014