Published June 27, 2013Associated Press 2012 Getty Images NEW YORK – The most expansive plans in years to impose new oversight on the New York Police Department passed the City Council early Thursday, as lawmakers voted to create an outside watchdog and make it easier to bring racial profiling claims against the nation's largest police force. Both passed with enough votes to override expected vetoes, marking an inflection point in the public debate and power dynamics that have set the balance between prioritizing safety and protecting civil liberties here. Proponents see the legislation as a check on a police department that has come under scrutiny for its heavy use of a tactic...
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