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Last Night: Police rise to new level of abuse and violence against Occupy...
Two things: One: I believe that one reason the NYPD was as arrogant and violent as they were last night, is because of new policies and legislation passed by Obama and Congress in the last few weeks....
View ArticleA Poetic Scene On Wall Street: 14 arrests and one, really loud poet!
Follow on Live Video At www.ustream.tv/wearechange What a wonderful, beautiful, symbolic scene! Alex Carvalho is a poet-occupier who was arrested for starting a Mic Chec (which I think was a poem). As...
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Occupy Wall Street/May Day in NYC update (and crowd estimate)
Tues into Wed: 3:45 am update: Hundred of folks ended up in Zuccotti / Liberty Square Lots of press and good things happened on May Day in NYC Great slideshow (with signs and union contingents) at...
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NYCLU Finds NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Ineffective & Racist
New NYCLU Report Finds NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Ineffective, Reveals Depth of Racial Disparities While the number of street stops has skyrocketed, the number of additional guns recovered as a...
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NYCLU: Kelly’s Stop-and-Frisk Letter is PR, Not Reform
Report: NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Activity in 2011 Until the mayor and police commissioner recognize that the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program is fundamentally broken, the steps outlined today by NYPD...
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Stop NYPD Stop and Frisk? NYCLU has a App for That
NYCLU Releases “Stop and Frisk Watch” Phone App to Fight Back Against NYPD Stops The New York Civil Liberties Union today unveiled “Stop and Frisk Watch” – a free and innovative smart phone application...
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Silent protest to end “stop and frisk”
Father’s Day is a wonderful day to stand up for ourselves and our neighbors. Hope you will consider going to this historic event. And, think about bringing your father along! Silent March To End Stop...
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NYCLU: NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Panel is PR, Not Reform
Opponents of the New York Police Department’s controversial ‘stop-and-frisk’ In a story in The Wall Street Journal, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has announced the creation of an advisory...
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NYCLU Sues NYPD Over Arrest for Filming Stop-and-Frisk
Brooklyn resident Hadiyah Charles sued the NYPD. The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s unlawful arrest of a Brooklyn woman for recording a...
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Protests continue for Brooklyn teen shot by NYPD
Kimani “Kiki” Gray, age 16, was shot by police on Saturday night. Protests and vigils are continuing in his neighborhood. There is an excellent story at Gothamist (hat tip to Occupy Wall St NYC Twitter...
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