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police brutality

Aug 24

Amy Sherald Hopes Her Portrait of Breonna Taylor Will Inspire Action

'I wanted this image to stand as a piece of inspiration to keep fighting for justice for her,' the artist Amy Sherald told Vanity Fair.
By Helen Holmes
Jun 30

Marsha P. Johnson’s Google Doodle Honors Her Pioneering Activism

Last year, New York City also made plans to erect a statue of Johnson in Greenwich Village.
By Helen Holmes
Jun 11

Stealing Black Artists’ Work for a Social Media Post Solves Nothing

Illustrator Danielle Coke noted on twitter that when white influencers repost her art without crediting her they are centering themselves.
By Helen Holmes
Jun 11

JR Unveiled a Huge Mural in Paris Dedicated to Victims of Police Brutality

By Helen Holmes
Jun 3

Artist Jammie Holmes Flies Banners Across the Sky to Remember George Floyd’s Last Words

By Helen Holmes
It appears that skateboarder Derek Hanlon was caught in a sort of closing time crossover limbo, the natural response to which, of course, is police violence and arrest.
Oct 2

Skateboarder Arrest Video Raises Concern Over Excessive Force by Massachusetts Police

By Luke O'Neil
Apr 19

NYC First Lady: Police Shootings of Emotionally Disturbed ‘Did Not Have to Be’

By Madina Toure
Apr 13

Misconduct Complaints Against New York City’s Cops Are Increasing—But Why Exactly?

By Madina Toure
Apr 5

NY Attorney General to Probe Police-Involved Shooting Death in Brooklyn

By Madina Toure
NYPD Officer Joshua Jones demonstrates how to use and operate a body camera during a press conference on Dec. 3, 2014 in New York City.
Jan 30

All NYPD Officers on Patrol Will Have Body Cameras by End of 2018

By Madina Toure
Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, attend rally calling on the U.S. Attorney to investigate the death of Ramarley Graham at the hands of police officers on Jan. 12, 2016.
Jan 18

Eric Garner’s Mother: NYPD Does Not Need DOJ Action to Prosecute Pantaleo

By Madina Toure
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of her father in July on Dec. 11, 2014 on Staten Island.
Jan 9

Erica Garner ‘Never Stopped Fighting’ For Her Father, Activists Say

By Madina Toure
More than 100 feminist leaders and social justice groups called for passage of the Right to Know Act at a press conference at City Hall.
Dec 19

NYC Council Passes Police Reform Bills Amid Opposition to Last-Minute Compromise

By Madina Toure
The Jews of Color Caucus, along with hundreds of neighbors and advocacy groups, held an action and vigil in support of Black Lives Matter to demand an end to police violence against people of color and the passage of the Right to Know Act.
Dec 12

NYPD, City Council Reach Compromise on Long-Stalled Police Reform Bills

By Madina Toure
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Nov 6

Schneiderman ‘Disappointed’ by Acquittal of Officer in Road Rage Killing

By Madina Toure
NFL TV Ratings National Anthem Protest
Oct 18

NFL TV Ratings Down Nearly 8% Amid National Anthem Kneeling—But Why?

By Brandon Katz
Council members kneeled in front of City Hall in a show of solidarity with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players protesting against police brutality and racial injustices.
Sep 27

New York City Council Members Kneel In to Support NFL Players

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio huddles with his former counsel Maya Wiley.
Aug 31

Maya Wiley, Head of Civilian Complaint Review Board, Steps Down

By Madina Toure
Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah, leaves meeting with acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim about the case against the police officer who killed her son in 2012.
Aug 22

Feds Dropping Case of African Man Killed by NYPD

By Madina Toure
The monthly "Sisters of Comedy" show hosted a "Night of Levity for Black Lives."
Aug 10

Black Women-Centered Comedy Show Holds ‘Night of Levity for Black Lives’

By Madina Toure
The New York City "Night Out For Liberation and Safety" showed up to the NYPD's "National Night Out" against crime in the South Bronx.
Aug 2

Activists Crash NYPD Event to Protest Police Brutality

By Madina Toure
Police, checking the social channels.
Jul 27

Courts Give New Guidance on Police Recordings

By Donald Scarinci
Marchers stop traffic at the intersection at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.
Jun 18

‘March for Philando Castile’ Takes Black Lives Matter From Harlem To Trump Tower

By Madina Toure
The family of a 36-year-old Bronx man who died in police custody in Schenectady on May 11 and Black Lives Matter of Greater New York want Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the death.
May 29

Family and Activists Urge NY Attorney General to Probe Bronx Man’s Death in Police Custody

By Madina Toure
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