[Carr v. de Blasio]
Gwen Carr: “Mayor de Blasio and his people want to make it seem like everything has been dealt with, but we all know that’s not true.”
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Monifa Bandele
Eric Garner’s Mother: “There’s Unfinished Business” Mayor, NYPD want to Hide
WHY IS CUOMO TRYING TO ROLLBACK BAIL REFORM?
[No Bail Reform Rollbacks\COVID-19]
Governor Andrew Cuomo is focusing on using the state’s budget process to undermine bail reform. Proposals to walk back bail reform include allowing discretion for judges to decide an individual’s freedom based on their perceived dangerousness.
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NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
[New York News\MTA]
Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: “Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should cancel his order for the MTA to hire new police officers it cannot afford and doesn’t need. The governor needs to face the facts: crime is down and ridership is up. New Yorkers need more service and less surveillance, more public transit and less abuse of the public trust.”
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POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES CELEBRATE NEW BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD PUNISH POLICE WHO LIE
[New York News\Criminal Justice]
Monifa Bandele, spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform Action Fund (CPRAF). “New Yorkers saw through the police union games and voted overwhelmingly to allow the CCRB to investigate officers who lie in misconduct investigations. New Yorkers want safety without police violence and harassment. The era of police unions being able to unilaterally dictate New York City policy is coming to an end.”
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ERIC GARNER’S FAMILY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES SLAM DE BLASIO FOR COVER-UP IN GARNER’S KILLING
[Police Misconduct\Eric Garner]
“Justice requires transparency. There is no legitimate law enforcement reason why — five years later — Mr. Garner’s family, criminal justice advocates and the public do not have the fundamentally important information we seek today,” said Alvin Bragg, Co-Director of the New York Law School Racial Justice Project, Visiting Professor of Law at New York Law School, and former Chief Deputy New York State Attorney General.
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