[Chokehold Ban Law]
The proposed amendment will insert the word “recklessly” in regard to diaphragm compression and would give the police a huge loophole and reverses clear police accountability.
Photo: December 12 Movement.
Donovan Richards
Activists Vow To Block NY City Council From Abandoning Chokehold Ban
NY TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES TO MAYOR DE BLASIO: TIME TO DELIVER ON “BETTER BUSES ACTION PLAN”
[New York\Transportation]
Riders Alliance Campaign Manager Stephanie Burgos-Veras: “Mayor de Blasio promised riders 25% faster buses. Now he needs to deliver for two million daily riders citywide.”
Photo: Danny Pearlstein (Riders Alliance)
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE CITY COUNCIL VOTE THAT PAVES WAY TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND
[New York News\Mass Incarceration]
Elena Weissman, Director, Bronx Freedom Fund: “In solidarity with the CLOSErikers campaign, we applaud the Council for approving this historic plan to dramatically shrink our incarcerated population, improve conditions for all who are incarcerated, and reduce our reliance on the criminal legal system so that we may redirect resources to communities harmed by mass incarceration. The Bronx Freedom Fund envisions a world that addresses injustice and harm without incarceration.”
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