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Faiza Patel

Brennan Center for Justice

Faiza Patel is co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. She is also a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries.

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: The NYPD's Inspector General has lost its potency

Recently finding no harms created by a controversial gang database shows how much this office has been compromised from doing its job of police oversight.

  • By Faiza Patel and Ivey Dyson