By Fred Siegel 3/19 7:02pm

Law & Disorder

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Yusef, Amadou and Kimani: East Flatbush Shooting Injects Race Into Election

Last year, when the cops who were part of a street narcotics unit shot and killed unarmed teenager Ramarley Graham in the Bronx after kicking in the door to his grandmother’s apartment, it was a clear-cut case of police failure. But it never became a citywide story, let alone a national cause.

By contrast, the recent shooting of 16-year-old Kimani Gray in East Flatbush led to days of scattered street violence, an Occupy influx, extended posturing on MSNBC and widespread press coverage.

The difference this time? An election, and post-Bloomberg anxiety. Read More

By Molly Fischer 12/07/09 1:56pm

Crime Waves: Denied Love and Killer Milkmen

Hiram Monerrate has been “spared jail, denied love,” writes the Post: he received a sentence of three years probation, a $1000 fine, domestic violence counseling, and community service–plus a continued restraining order to keep him away from face-slashed lover Karla Giraldo.

Judge William Erlbaum said:

“I am loath to say you Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/25/08 2:25pm

Ruben Diaz on Sean Bell Verdict

Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. told me just now, "Once again it’s a travesty of the judicial system where it seems like this verdict is going to have black and Latino communities feel like the system works for some but not for all."

"What do we do now? What do we do now? What now?" Read More

By Staff 1/31/07 6:00pm

Events for Thursday, February 1, 2007

At 10 a.m. Mayor Bloomberg will tour parts of Sderot in Israel with a pool report to be filed by Michael Saul of the Daily News.

At 10:45 a.m. Bloomberg will announce renovation of Jerusalem’s main ambulance center and blood bank, in Jerusalem.

At noon, Councilman Leroy Comrie will introduce a resolution at City Hall Read More

By Staff 12/15/06 12:15pm

Silent March

Tomorrow, on the day Sean Bell’s daughter turns four years old, Rev. Al Sharpton and others will silently march down Fifth Avenue to protest police misconduct in minority communities and press City Hall to implement changes they say were supposed to be in place after the killing of Amadou Diallo.

Sharpton said everything from Read More

By Staff 8/04/06 10:41am

Al Sharpton and Una Clarke

Al Sharpton recently explained his support for Carl Andrews in the 11th Congressional race — or, more precisely, his opposition to Yvette Clarke — by explaining that he was still annoyed that he hadn’t received support from Yvette’s mother while he was protesting the shooting of Amadou Diallo.

“Una Clarke didn’t support us on Read More

By Staff 8/01/06 1:11pm

Clarke on Racial Carpetbagging

Each time we start to wonder if we’re not over-scrutinizing the race angle in the congressional contest in the 11th district, the candidates do something to reassure us we’re not just imagining things.

Here’s Yvette Clarke on today’s candidate forum on WNYC:

On the issue of Mr. Yassky’s candidacy, do you consider him a racial Read More

By Niall Stanage 11/07/05 12:00am

Self-Inflicted Wounds Doom Ferrer’s Campaign

Fernando Ferrer sought to turn the contest for New York City Mayor into a brawl last weekend. Who could blame him?

Up until Sunday’s first public debate, nothing had gone right for Mr. Ferrer. His decision to throw some oratorical haymakers when he got the chance was almost inevitable.

The tactic was not Read More

By Niall Stanage 11/07/05 12:00am

Self-Inflicted Wounds Doom Ferrer’s Campaign

Fernando Ferrer sought to turn the contest for New York City Mayor into a brawl last weekend. Who could blame him?

Up until Sunday’s first public debate, nothing had gone right for Mr. Ferrer. His decision to throw some oratorical haymakers when he got the chance was almost inevitable.

The tactic was not a total Read More

By Ben Smith 5/23/05 12:00am

Ferrer’s Sharpton Problem: The Reverend May Walk

It’s easy to overestimate Fernando Ferrer’s problems in the Democratic Mayoral primary. Despite his slip in the polls and his frustrating inability to untangle his views about the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo, he remains popular with his Hispanic base, well known and experienced. In the ebb and flow of a campaign, it’s better to Read More