This case brings in question the continued use of the NYPD quota system used predominantly in communities of color. Justice League NYC is an initiative conceived to advocate for criminal justice reform and police accountability
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Cat Watters is a journalist, blogger, videographer, photographer and radio host on Peoples Internet Radio. She is an expert at photographing, filming and editing footage of street protests, street actions, political rallies, and other events. Cat writes for Democracy Chronicles from Brooklyn, New York and you can tune in to her radio show at Peoples Internet Radio every Tuesday from 6 to 8pm EST.
DA Ken Thompson to Reopen the Nicholas Heyward Jr. Case
Joshua Lopez is part of a group standing to find justice in the case of Nicholas Heyward Jr., a 13 year old who was shot and killed by NYPD, Brian George in the stairwell at the Wyckoff houses in Brooklyn in 1994.
A Verdict for Peter Liang on Killing Akai Gurley
A very cold night last night at around 5pm as the family of Akai Gurley asked people to come out, no matter what the verdict, to 1 Police Plaza in lower Manhattan. The verdict happened to be guilty
#MarchForBernie NYC! Union Square to Zuccotti Park
In New York City’s Union Square on Saturday thousands showed up to show support for the Presidential Candidate many feel to be the most rational choice. The people have had enough BS and now want to #MarchForBernie
Saving Our Selves at the Bronx Supreme Court
I’m reaching out to various grassroots organizations as well as pioneers of Hip Hop culture to help me find real solutions that confront our people. I personally would like to have at least one thousand young adults present at this event.
Linda Walther Tirado Speaks for ICPHusa.org in NYC
Linda Walther Tirado who is nearly an overnight success story after writing a blog about what it’s like to be working class in America entitled, Why I make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts, spoke at an event put on by The Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness
Candle Light Vigil for Sandra Bland in NYC
Supporters met holding candles at a Vigil for Sandra Bland on Wednesday at Union Square. Sandra Bland was an African American woman found dead in a Waller County, TX police department cell after being stopped by police for not signaling a lane change.
Union Square Protest For Tamir Rice Justice
Travis Morales and the Stop Mass Incarceration Network with other supporters marched to bring to light to the recent failure to indict the two cops who murdered 12 year old, African American Tamir Rice in a Cleveland, OH park
Protesting Racist Trump and His Media Megaphone
Protest struck on the corner of 56th and 5th Ave yesterday outside Trump Tower where demonstrators had permit to say “NO” to what many felt to be racist remarks from Trump about allowing in refugees.
VIDEO: Hunter College’s Bratton Out of CUNY Protest
Bill Bratton, the head of the NYPD, was at The Responsible 100 Gala as a Special Speaker in Hunter College. The Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee called all revolutionary and progressive Students, Organizations, Faculty, Workers and community members to protest