David Dinkins 
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SOURCE: New York Magazine
10/4/2021
The Forgotten, but Consequential, New York City Police Riot of 1992
Encouraged by Rudy Giuliani, thousands of New York City Police officers, some drunk, staged a riot at City Hall and on the Brooklyn Bridge to protest Mayor David Dinkins's 1992 proposal of an all-civilian, independent police complaint review board. Why has this pivotal event been scrubbed from many New Yorkers' memories?
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