HUFF POST: …The news comes after Capital New York reported that revisions to Wikipedia entries about black men killed by New York City police officials came from computers tied to the NYPD’s network.
Users connected to the network reportedly edited articles on Eric Garner, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo and other police controversies in what appears to be an attempt to downplay police accountability in each incident.
A police source told DNA Info the officers are not in trouble for changing Wikipedia pages since it’s their “First Amendment right” to edit articles they think are inaccurate. But the officers will be reprimanded for using department computers for personal activity, the sources said… (more)
