The NYPD is using social media to target critics. That brings its own set of worries
The New York Police Department has been taking a more active role in trying to influence public policy through slick online videos and social media posts
NEW YORK (AP) — The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating.
Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real officers break down a door, barking orders at a man asleep on a couch.
As a key turns in a jail cell lock, a New York City police deputy appears on screen to announce the arrest of a teenage suspect — not the person seen in the video moments earlier — in a shooting on a Bronx subway platform.
Produced in-house by the New York Police Department and promoted across their official social media channels, the dramatic two-minute clip reflects a concerted effort by the nation’s largest police force to engage the public and influence policy through a more aggressive online presence.
