Akai Gurley
Councilman Lancman: Mayor de Blasio Pushing to Weaken Chokehold Law
[NYC Chokehold Law] Lancman: “For six long years, Mayor de Blasio vehemently opposed my bill making it a crime for officers to perform a ...
Cardinal Dolan Excusing NYPD Abuse and Murder is Sinful
[Timothy Cardinal Dolan\NYPD] Black Star News: “Cardinal Dolan, your comments are insensitive, at the very least. They are offensive to every Black New Yorker ...
Barron Wants Maximum Sentence for Officer Liang Who Killed Akai Gurley
The fact that Peter Liang is on a short list of New York Police Department officers who have been convicted of the fatal shootings ...
Brooklyn D.A. Ken Thompson Denies He’s “Abandoned” Pledge To Re-Examine ’94 NYPD Killing Of Nicholas Heyward Jr
Brooklyn (King’s County) D.A. Thompson A spokesperson for King’s County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson has denied claims by the father of a teenager ...
Akai Gurley: Activists Welcome Peter Laing’s Indictment But Caution Premature Celebration
Young marchers have been demanding for justice in several police-killing-of-unarmed Black men cases Several elected officials and activists welcomed today’s report that Peter Liang ...
Police Reform: Communities United Join Testify With Other Civil Rights Groups Before Obama Administration
Monifa Bandele Leaders of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) joined numerous advocates and experts to present testimony to President Obama’s administration on how ...
Sharpton To Deliver Akai Gurley Eulogy Friday
Sharpton shown with Kimberly Michelle Ballinger, Akai Gurley’s girlfriend and mother of his child; also shown is the mother, Janice Asiedu. PUBLIC SERVICE ...
Charles Barron Calls For Arrest of Liang, NYPD Cop Who Killed Akai Gurley
Charles and Inez Barron Council Member Inez Barron, Assembly Member-Elect Charles Barron and the witness to killing will hold press conference after meeting with ...
Today: Inez And Charles Barron Press Conference On Shooting of Akai Gurley, Unarmed Man By NYPD Cop In Brooklyn
Council Member Inez Barron, Assembly Member-Elect Charles Barron and community respond to the police shooting of 28 year old Akai Gurley in Pink Houses ...
