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Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

March 2026

Sidney's Picks: Police Brutality Cost NYC Taxpayers $117 Million Last Year

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The Best of the Week’s News

  • NYC taxpayers had to pay more than $117 million in police misconduct payments last year. (Gothamist)

     

  • Press freedom is under threat worldwide. (NYT)
     

  • Nike is moving jobs to low-wage regions of Indonesia. (ProPublica)
     

  • A 56-year-old Haitian asylum-seeker died in ICE detention from an untreated tooth infection. (Tuscon.com)
     

  • Prosecutors fail to make a criminal case against Joe Biden for using an autopen to sign legislation. (NYT)