Jumaane Williams
BROOKLYN– CELEBRATE AFRICA MONTH 2014: “SYMBOLS OF SPIRITS”
Eric Edwards and part of his impressive collection Exhibition and Gala Celebration. Forty Four Years Of African Artifacts Collecting Dates: September 26 through ...
Ramarley Graham: Demands For Justice Department Probe Of Youth’s Slay By NYPD Cop
Pastor Que English, with Graham’s mother seen over her left shoulder, and clergy from across the city demand justice for the slain teenager — ...
Champions Of Constitutional And Civil Rights Applaud Stop-and-Frisk Ruling While Denouncing Bloomberg
Bloomberg and Kelly still reeling from Judge Scheindlin’s decision? Council Members Brad Lander and Jumaane Williams joined Communities United for Police Reform, the Center ...
Rep. Jeffries Wants Justice Department To Look At Zimmerman Case As More National Leaders Condemn Acquittal
Several national and local New York leaders and politicians released statements following the acquittal of George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin, the 17 year ...
Bloomberg Can Regain Some Dignity By Apologizing For Slandering Blacks And Latinos
[Speaking Truth To Power] On Friday, in a stunningly insensitive and borderline racist statement, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a moment of undignified ...
Community Safety Act And The NYPD: Bloomberg’s “The Blacks Are Coming!” Tactic Backfires
Councilman Jumaane Williams [Speaking Truth To Power] This week the New York City Council passed landmark legislation to tackle the massive abuses caused by ...
The Kimani Gray Shooting And “Outsiders”
[Editorial Comment] Jumaane D. Williams is a responsible young New York City Councilmember who represents the 45th District in Brooklyn where Kimani Gray was ...
Rep. Jeffries Calls For Federal Monitor For NYPD Following Bloomberg’s Pro-Race Profiling Comments
The fallout continues from Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s irrational statement that New York’s Police stop too many White people relative to Blacks and Latino, with ...