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New Yorkers hopped the turnstiles at the crowded Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn on Friday night to protest recent incidents of police violence and a crackdown on fare evasion throughout the city. “No NYPD on the MTA!” Protesters did a mass fare evasion & took over a subway station during…
A video of subway riders parting to either side of a subway car as NYPD officers aim a gun at a suspect sitting with his hands up has gone viral, with many saying it was a case of abuse of force. The two-and-a-half-minute video shared Friday shows subway riders in…
Five years after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo was accused of killing Eric Garner by using a prohibited chokehold to restrain him, he was fired from the department. But the story continues as Pantaleo filed a wrongful termination lawsuit Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Earlier this year, the Department of Justice…
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Ash and retired NYPD officer Joseph Guagliardo have been arrested in connection with a fraud case involving the New York City-based Municipal Credit Union (MCU). Ash was arrested Oct. 11 for destroying evidence and lying to federal investigators during an investigation of MCU. Guagliardo was…
An off-duty NYPD officer Hyun Kim was suspended without pay after he held his gun to a waitress’ head in a boozy Queens karaoke bar incident, according to reports. The incident occurred Oct. 8, and Kim was charged with menacing Oct. 13. Kim, a member of the 115th Precinct, was…
Five years ago, Eric Garner’s last words, “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry against police brutality for the Black Lives Matter movement. Today, Daniel Pantaleo, the officer responsible for placing Garner in a chokehold that played a role in killing Garner, has been fired. Earlier this month, police administrative…
Eric Garner was killed five years ago, but without real justice, his story remains in the spotlight. New York Police Department spokesman announced Aug. 2 that they had suspended Daniel Pantaleo, the white officer who killed Garner by using an illegal chokehold to restrain him as he yelled “I can’t…
Five years ago, Eric Garner’s dying words “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter activists and those protesting police brutality against people of color. A day before the fifth anniversary of Garner’s death, Attorney General William Barr ordered that the charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD…
Eric Garner’s wrongful death suit with the NYPD has been settled for a little over $5 million and is closed. However, New York Police Department union attorneys are now implying that Eric Garner’s obesity contributed to his death five years ago, not Officer Daniel Pantaleo’s chokehold, which strangled him. Attorney…
The infamous 1969 Stonewall raids that sparked activism and change in the gay community lasted for several days, from June 27-28. Patrons of the gay bar and their allies fought back against police officers that attacked them for nothing else except for the fact that they were gay. In 1969,…
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