 NYPD Cop Secretly Records His Boss Ordering Him To Racially Profile Black Men (AUDIO)It s always depressing when allegations that police target African-Americans are confirmed not just by eyewitness accounts, but with audio or video evidence. Recently, a NYPD officer provided Gawker with chilling audio that sounds a whole lot like his boss pressuring him into profiling black men.Michael Birch recorded the audio in 2012 when he was called to a performance evaluation meeting with his commanding officer and a lieutenant in August 2012. He told the publication that he was expecting to hear that he wasn t generating enough  activity    which meant he would be ordered to arrest more people and issue more summonses   but  the conversation just turned completely weird to  him when he was flat-out told to racially profile. Who commits the crimes in the city?  commanding officer, Constantin Tsachas, who was recently cleared for a  promotion from captain to deputy inspector,asks in this rather damning clip.Birch answers that it s  mostly teenagers, anywhere between the ages of 15 and 19, mostly male blacks and Hispanics.  Asked who he is stopping, Birch explains that he stops  everybody.. Fifty-four [TABs] up to 8/20,  the commanding officer says.  Twenty-five of those are female. Half. Like I said, I stop everybody,  Birch replies.  I m not targeting anybody. You just told me who the bad guys are,  his CO presses. Yeah, I know that. But there s also other people who are committing violations as well,  Birch says.  I m not saying that there s not violations being made. In other words, people from all demographics break the law. That should have been good enough for the commanding officer, but then the conversation went completely off the rails:CO: The male blacks, that you told me commit the crimes Birch: Plenty of people that I write summonses to are male blacks and male Hispanics.CO: You stopped two male blacks.Birch: Not for the whole year. You re telling me for the whole year I only stopped two male blacks on summonses?CO: 8/20. From January 1st to August 20th. Fifty-four TABs: two male blacks, seven Hispanics, seven other, ten white, three Asian. So where are you targeting the perps that you just told me?Birch: Like I said, if I don t see a perp jumping over the turnstile, what am I supposed to do to him?CO: These people are not going to pop.Birch: How do I know that? A female Hispanic that I stopped in Sheepshead Bay did pop, actually, for a warrant, and I arrested her. Female Hispanic. The Hispanics that we re supposed to be going after. That are committing the crimes. The people that I CO: Did you think that she was going to pop?Birch: Did I think she was going to pop? I didn t put no thought into it. If you come up for a collar, I m taking you in. Pop  is a term for when a warrant pops up and leads to an arrest. TAB is a term for a court summons resulting from a transit violation. The conversation continues, getting worse as it progresses:CO: Here s what I see. You just described to me who s committing the crimes. You re fully aware of it. But you re not targeting those people.Birch: I am. I m targeting everybody.CO: Two male blacks.Birch: Whoever is out there. If I CO: So you only saw two male blacks jump the turnstile?Birch: If you re saying that s what s in front of you, then yes, that s all I saw, is two male blacks for the whole year jumping the turnstile. If you re saying that s what s in front of you, I m not disputing that. If that s what I got there.CO: That is what you have. That is not disputed here.Birch: I m saying, we re also talking Hispanics as well. I stopped a lot of Hispanics, too.CO: Seven male Hispanics. But more than half are female.Birch: And like I said, everybody s committing violations in front of me. I was shocked,  Birch said of the meeting.  I was not only shocked, I was mad. My last name is Birch. I look white. They didn t realize I was a Puerto Rican kid, and they re just saying this to me like it s OK. It s OK, we re amongst friends. I don t want to be stopped because I m Puerto Rican,  he says.  I want to get stopped because I did something wrong. Birch is suing the department to combat  what he sees as a larger trend of policing that disproportionately affects minority New Yorkers,  Gawker reports. The targeting of minorities by the NYPD has caused so many problems throughout our city yet the NYPD continues to promote officers who engage in these activities,  his lawyer told the publication. It s very hard to have a job where the whole public is against you, including your bosses. And when you actually try to do something right, they don t care,  Birch says.  I can t wait to get away from this place. Birch is evidence that good cops do exist. The problem is that, unlike him, most good cops stay silent as bad actors disgrace the profession, unfairly targeting people who are not white. Thank you for stepping forward, Officer Birch. Hopefully, your example will lead other good cops to call out the bad ones.Hear the audio for yourself below:Featured image via YouTubeNews
nypd cop secretly records his boss ordering him to racially profile black men audio it always depressing allegations police target confirmed eyewitness accounts audio video evidence recently nypd officer provided gawker chilling audio sounds whole lot like boss pressing profiling black birch recorded audio called performance evaluation meeting commanding officer lieutenant august he told publication expecting hear generating enough activity meant would ordered arrest people issue summoned conversation turned completely weird told racially profile who commits crimes city commanding officer constant teaches recently cleared promotion captain deputy inspector asks rather damning answers mostly teenagers anywhere ages mostly male blacks hispanic asked stopping birch explains stops everybody tabs commanding officer says female half like i said i stop everybody birch replies i targeting anybody you told bad guys co presses yeah i know but also people committing violations well birch says i saying violations made in words people demographics break law that good enough commanding officer conversation went completely rails co the male blacks told commit crimes birch plenty people i write summoned male blacks male you stopped two male not whole year you telling whole year i stopped two male blacks summoned co from january august tabs two male blacks seven hispanic seven ten white three asian so targeting perps told birch like i said i see perp jumping turnstile i supposed co these people going how i know a female hispanic i stopped sheepshead bay pop actually warrant i arrested female hispanic the hispanic supposed going that committing crimes the people i co did think going pop birch did i think going pop i put thought if come collar i taking pop term warrant pops leads arrest tab term court summons resulting transit violation the conversation continues getting worse progresses co here i see you described committing crimes you fully aware but targeting i i targeting two male whoever if i co so saw two male blacks jump turnstile birch if saying front yes i saw two male blacks whole year jumping turnstile if saying front i disputing if i got that that disputed i saying also talking hispanic well i stopped lot hispanic seven male hispanic but half and like i said everybody committing violations front i shocked birch said meeting i shocked i mad my last name birch i look white they realize i puerto rica kid saying like ok it ok amongst friends i want stopped i puerto rica says i want get stopped i something wrong birch suing department combat sees larger trend policing disproportionately affects minority new workers gawker reports the targeting minorities nypd caused many problems throughout city yet nypd continues promote officers engage activities lawyer told publication it hard job whole public including bosses and actually try something right care birch says i wait get away place birch evidence good cops exist the problem unlike good cops stay silent bad actors disgrace profession unfairly targeting people white thank stepping forward officer birch hopefully example lead good cops call bad audio featured image via youtubenews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  NYPD Cop Secretly Records His Boss Ordering Him To Racially Profile Black Men (AUDIO)It s always depressing when allegations that police target African-Americans are confirmed not just by eyewitness accounts, but with audio or video evidence. Recently, a NYPD officer provided Gawker with chilling audio that sounds a whole lot like his boss pressuring him into profiling black men.Michael Birch recorded the audio in 2012 when he was called to a performance evaluation meeting with his commanding officer and a lieutenant in August 2012. He told the publication that he was expecting to hear that he wasn t generating enough  activity    which meant he would be ordered to arrest more people and issue more summonses   but  the conversation just turned completely weird to  him when he was flat-out told to racially profile. Who commits the crimes in the city?  commanding officer, Constantin Tsachas, who was recently cleared for a  promotion from captain to deputy inspector,asks in this rather damning clip.Birch answers that it s  mostly teenagers, anywhere between the ages of 15 and 19, mostly male blacks and Hispanics.  Asked who he is stopping, Birch explains that he stops  everybody.. Fifty-four [TABs] up to 8/20,  the commanding officer says.  Twenty-five of those are female. Half. Like I said, I stop everybody,  Birch replies.  I m not targeting anybody. You just told me who the bad guys are,  his CO presses. Yeah, I know that. But there s also other people who are committing violations as well,  Birch says.  I m not saying that there s not violations being made. In other words, people from all demographics break the law. That should have been good enough for the commanding officer, but then the conversation went completely off the rails:CO: The male blacks, that you told me commit the crimes Birch: Plenty of people that I write summonses to are male blacks and male Hispanics.CO: You stopped two male blacks.Birch: Not for the whole year. You re telling me for the whole year I only stopped two male blacks on summonses?CO: 8/20. From January 1st to August 20th. Fifty-four TABs: two male blacks, seven Hispanics, seven other, ten white, three Asian. So where are you targeting the perps that you just told me?Birch: Like I said, if I don t see a perp jumping over the turnstile, what am I supposed to do to him?CO: These people are not going to pop.Birch: How do I know that? A female Hispanic that I stopped in Sheepshead Bay did pop, actually, for a warrant, and I arrested her. Female Hispanic. The Hispanics that we re supposed to be going after. That are committing the crimes. The people that I CO: Did you think that she was going to pop?Birch: Did I think she was going to pop? I didn t put no thought into it. If you come up for a collar, I m taking you in. Pop  is a term for when a warrant pops up and leads to an arrest. TAB is a term for a court summons resulting from a transit violation. The conversation continues, getting worse as it progresses:CO: Here s what I see. You just described to me who s committing the crimes. You re fully aware of it. But you re not targeting those people.Birch: I am. I m targeting everybody.CO: Two male blacks.Birch: Whoever is out there. If I CO: So you only saw two male blacks jump the turnstile?Birch: If you re saying that s what s in front of you, then yes, that s all I saw, is two male blacks for the whole year jumping the turnstile. If you re saying that s what s in front of you, I m not disputing that. If that s what I got there.CO: That is what you have. That is not disputed here.Birch: I m saying, we re also talking Hispanics as well. I stopped a lot of Hispanics, too.CO: Seven male Hispanics. But more than half are female.Birch: And like I said, everybody s committing violations in front of me. I was shocked,  Birch said of the meeting.  I was not only shocked, I was mad. My last name is Birch. I look white. They didn t realize I was a Puerto Rican kid, and they re just saying this to me like it s OK. It s OK, we re amongst friends. I don t want to be stopped because I m Puerto Rican,  he says.  I want to get stopped because I did something wrong. Birch is suing the department to combat  what he sees as a larger trend of policing that disproportionately affects minority New Yorkers,  Gawker reports. The targeting of minorities by the NYPD has caused so many problems throughout our city yet the NYPD continues to promote officers who engage in these activities,  his lawyer told the publication. It s very hard to have a job where the whole public is against you, including your bosses. And when you actually try to do something right, they don t care,  Birch says.  I can t wait to get away from this place. Birch is evidence that good cops do exist. The problem is that, unlike him, most good cops stay silent as bad actors disgrace the profession, unfairly targeting people who are not white. Thank you for stepping forward, Officer Birch. Hopefully, your example will lead other good cops to call out the bad ones.Hear the audio for yourself below:Featured image via YouTubeNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: nypd cop secretly records his boss ordering him to racially profile black men audio it always depressing allegations police target confirmed eyewitness accounts audio video evidence recently nypd officer provided gawker chilling audio sounds whole lot like boss pressing profiling black birch recorded audio called performance evaluation meeting commanding officer lieutenant august he told publication expecting hear generating enough activity meant would ordered arrest people issue summoned conversation turned completely weird told racially profile who commits crimes city commanding officer constant teaches recently cleared promotion captain deputy inspector asks rather damning answers mostly teenagers anywhere ages mostly male blacks hispanic asked stopping birch explains stops everybody tabs commanding officer says female half like i said i stop everybody birch replies i targeting anybody you told bad guys co presses yeah i know but also people committing violations well birch says i saying violations made in words people demographics break law that good enough commanding officer conversation went completely rails co the male blacks told commit crimes birch plenty people i write summoned male blacks male you stopped two male not whole year you telling whole year i stopped two male blacks summoned co from january august tabs two male blacks seven hispanic seven ten white three asian so targeting perps told birch like i said i see perp jumping turnstile i supposed co these people going how i know a female hispanic i stopped sheepshead bay pop actually warrant i arrested female hispanic the hispanic supposed going that committing crimes the people i co did think going pop birch did i think going pop i put thought if come collar i taking pop term warrant pops leads arrest tab term court summons resulting transit violation the conversation continues getting worse progresses co here i see you described committing crimes you fully aware but targeting i i targeting two male whoever if i co so saw two male blacks jump turnstile birch if saying front yes i saw two male blacks whole year jumping turnstile if saying front i disputing if i got that that disputed i saying also talking hispanic well i stopped lot hispanic seven male hispanic but half and like i said everybody committing violations front i shocked birch said meeting i shocked i mad my last name birch i look white they realize i puerto rica kid saying like ok it ok amongst friends i want stopped i puerto rica says i want get stopped i something wrong birch suing department combat sees larger trend policing disproportionately affects minority new workers gawker reports the targeting minorities nypd caused many problems throughout city yet nypd continues promote officers engage activities lawyer told publication it hard job whole public including bosses and actually try something right care birch says i wait get away place birch evidence good cops exist the problem unlike good cops stay silent bad actors disgrace profession unfairly targeting people white thank stepping forward officer birch hopefully example lead good cops call bad audio featured image via youtubenews