The NYPD officer who ripped down the face mask of a Brooklyn protester and pepper sprayed him in the face in the early days of
Tag: Black Lives Matter
The Queen of Mean Struck Then, Setting a Tone for Now…
Although it took more than a year before the truth came out, the Queen of Mean ramped up power as RIOC devolved, last year. But
There was a time reparations were actually paid out – just not to formerly enslaved people
Thomas Craemer, University of Connecticut The cost of slavery and its legacy of systemic racism to generations of Black Americans has been clear over the past year – seen in both the racial disparities of the pandemic and widespread protests over police brutality.
Second Misdemeanor Rap for Driver Who Plowed Down Protesters in Manhattan Sparks New Fury
Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Feb 22 at 8:23pm ESTby THE CITY A Queens woman who allegedly plowed her BMW through a crowd of protesters in Midtown got hit Monday with another misdemeanor charge — but the injured say the new rap amounts to a slap on the wrist for
Attorney General James’ NYPD Suit Points Another Finger at Top Cop for Protest Crackdowns
Greg B. Smith, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Jan 14 at 8:40pm ESTby THE CITY Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea were the two biggest names cited by state Attorney General Letitia James in a lawsuit filed Thursday seeking a monitor to oversee the NYPD’s handling of protests. But a
For New Yorkers Brutalized in Black Lives Matter Marches, Response at Capitol Brings Disbelief and Bitterness
Rachel Holliday Smith and Eileen Grench, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Jan 6 at 10:06pm ESTby THE CITY For many Americans, Wednesday’s insurrection at the Capitol proved shocking. For many New Yorkers who were harassed, arrested or brutalized while marching in support of the Black Lives Matter movement last year, the treatment of
Georgia’s elections rely on ‘Black Voters Matter’
How LaTosha Brown helped build a get-out-the-vote powerhouse in the South. Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th In the days after Georgia went blue for the first time in a generation, LaTosha Brown wasn’t taking a victory lap — she was on the ground and in the media, thanking the Black voters who made
A Different Flag Day 2020, Star Spangled With Doubts
Among so much change, Flag Day 2020 will be different as we celebrate cultural diversity surrounded by protest and affirmations of unity. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small When we celebrate the Star Spangled Banner, this year, we’ll see it through a lens we’ve never had before. With astonishing strength, Americans are pushing
