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As we remember the life & work of Mayor David Dinkins, his leadership creating the Civilian Complaint Review Board is worth elevating.

Police accountability had been a problem in NYC forever. The first try at civilian oversight (1960s) was met w/ backlash. (1/5)

The head of the PBA then said, "I’m sick and tired of giving in to minority groups with their whims and their gripes and shouting." The PBA then backed a successful ballot measure getting rid of civilian oversight.

A similar reform effort in the 80s was also overturned. (2/5)

But after the Tompkins Square riots & Rodney King, people were clamoring for police reform.

In 1992, Mayor Dinkins proposed the CCRB with leadership & staff independent from the NYPD.

Naturally, the police rioted, Rudy Giuliani leading the charge. (3/5) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/11/16/more-on-the-time-rudy-giuliani-helped-incite-a-riot-of-racist-cops/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...

Mayor Dinkins succeeded in getting a civilian-led CCRB through the City Council in 1993. That was historic.

Here& #39;s the bad news. He was voted out that fall.

The job of staffing and building out CCRB procedures went to appointees by the new mayor - Rudy Giuliani. (4/5)

To this day, many of the CCRB& #39;s shortcomings derive from policies set by Giuliani & Bloomberg, neither of whom had any interest in police reform.

As we discuss major changes to the CCRB under the next mayor, let& #39;s lift up the leader who actually took on the NYPD: Dave Dinkins.