NYPD Launches "Rap Unit"
It’s been revealed that the New York Police Department created the “Rap Unit,” on-the-ground operations conducted by the department’s Enterprise Operations Unit. According to sources,the special team organizes a weekly list of upcoming rap shows classified as posing a low, medium, or high risk for violence or drug-related incidents. Undercover investigators and officers are then planted at certain events to gather intelligence on individuals that are on their radar.
The Rap Unit, is called the “hip-hop police” they’re this shadowy, specialized unit that conducts overly aggressive investigations. They’re constantly stalking high-profile rap artists and monitoring their every move, looking for any violations, using dogs to sniff their cash stacks for drugs, asking rappers for groupie pussy; total
harassment.
NYPD spokeswoman Sgt. Jessica McRorie defended the unit’s existence, claiming that it does not discriminate against rap. “The Enterprise Operations Unit focuses on venues or entertainers that have been connected with past acts of violence — regardless of musical genre. The primary goal of EOU is to anticipate, based on past incidents, where there is a significant likelihood of violence, and to take steps to prevent people from being hurt, or worse,” she explained. She continued to credit the unit for its contribution to a number of major prosecutions, saying that it “continues to gather additional intelligence by responding to shootings and assaults that may occur at all kinds of entertainment venues.”
https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/rhyme-and-punishment-inside-the-nypds-secret-sprawling-rap-unit/
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/05/nypd-launches-rap-unit-to-track-crime-at-hip-hop-shows/
https://hypebeast.com/2019/6/new-york-police-department-launches-rap-unit
http://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/the-nypd-creates-rap-unit-to-target-artists-at-hip-hop-shows/
It’s been revealed that the New York Police Department created the “Rap Unit,” on-the-ground operations conducted by the department’s Enterprise Operations Unit. According to sources,the special team organizes a weekly list of upcoming rap shows classified as posing a low, medium, or high risk for violence or drug-related incidents. Undercover investigators and officers are then planted at certain events to gather intelligence on individuals that are on their radar.
The Rap Unit, is called the “hip-hop police” they’re this shadowy, specialized unit that conducts overly aggressive investigations. They’re constantly stalking high-profile rap artists and monitoring their every move, looking for any violations, using dogs to sniff their cash stacks for drugs, asking rappers for groupie pussy; total
harassment.
NYPD spokeswoman Sgt. Jessica McRorie defended the unit’s existence, claiming that it does not discriminate against rap. “The Enterprise Operations Unit focuses on venues or entertainers that have been connected with past acts of violence — regardless of musical genre. The primary goal of EOU is to anticipate, based on past incidents, where there is a significant likelihood of violence, and to take steps to prevent people from being hurt, or worse,” she explained. She continued to credit the unit for its contribution to a number of major prosecutions, saying that it “continues to gather additional intelligence by responding to shootings and assaults that may occur at all kinds of entertainment venues.”
https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/rhyme-and-punishment-inside-the-nypds-secret-sprawling-rap-unit/
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/05/nypd-launches-rap-unit-to-track-crime-at-hip-hop-shows/
https://hypebeast.com/2019/6/new-york-police-department-launches-rap-unit
http://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/the-nypd-creates-rap-unit-to-target-artists-at-hip-hop-shows/