[Int. 721-A\Right to Record Act]
Williams: “The right to record can allow a level of accountability in incidents with officers acting inappropriately. Ramsey Orta, for example, filmed the last words of Eric Garner in Staten Island after ex-officio Daniel Pantaleo applied a fatal chokehold.”
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Eric Garner
Public Advocate Williams Backs “Right To Record Police” Bill
All NYC District Attorneys, Except Staten Island, Back Legislation To End Chokeholds
[NYPD\Chokeholds]
Vance: “We stand in support of proposed city and state legislation that would criminalize the use of chokeholds and similar restraints by law enforcement officers.”
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GEORGE FLOYD FALLOUT: GROWING CALLS FOR DEFUNDING OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS
[Defunding the Police]
Grassroots Groups: “We come together to call for divestment from policing and investment in resources that directly impact the health and safety of Black communities: healthcare, housing…”
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GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER: 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS
[George Floyd\Oakland Institute]
Oakland Institute: “Today millions of Americans are rising up, collectively expressing outrage, and demanding an end to racism and violence against Black and Brown communities.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLS FOR SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER
[George Floyd\Att Gen: Keith Ellison]
Attorney General James: “In order to conduct a truly independent investigation of Mr. Floyd’s death, it’s imperative that a special prosecutor be appointed, and I’m urging Governor Walz to appoint Attorney General Ellison as that special prosecutor.”
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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES: “GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED. WHEN WILL IT END?”
[George Floyd Murder\Racial Polcing]
Rep. Jeffries: “We cannot tolerate police violence, and we cannot tolerate police brutality. George Floyd was murdered by an out of control police officer. When will it end?”
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NAACP CONDEMNS MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FOR “STATE-SANCTIONED MURDER” OF GEORGE FLOYD
[NAACP\George Chauvin]
Minneapolis NAACP’s Leslie Remond: “The cruel display of the state-sanctioned murder that took place in Minneapolis is yet another repugnant show of violence by the police.”
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GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED BY OFFICER CHAUVIN BECAUSE OF RACIST AMERICAN POLICING
[Racial American Policing\George Floyd]
We now need swift justice. No mitigating extenuating circumstance can excuse what we see on the George Floyd snuff video. Nothing.
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