[2020 Elections\Bloomberg’s Racism and Misogyny]
Bloomberg was New York City mayor from 2002 to 2013. He presided over the notorious, illegal “Stop-and-Frisk” program. The NYPD conducted more than 5 million stops and interrogations.
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NY GOVERNOR CUOMO DENOUNCES RECENT RISE IN “HATE-FILLED CRIMES” AFTER WEEKEND ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS
[Racism & Antisemitism]
Governor Cuomo: “New York will continue to light the way for hope and acceptance, especially in the darkest of times, and we will be more united than ever before.”
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ATTORNEY FOR ‘BREAKFAST CLUB’ INTERN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED INSIDE LYFT CAB DENOUNCES NYPD ACTIONS
[New York\Racism]
Attorney Tahanie Aboushie’s statement: “We are disappointed, to say the least, that the NYPD has permitted Cristiano Moura to continue to target Adams by weaponizing law enforcement against Adams, who is without question, the victim here.”
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GIFFORDS GUN CONTROL ORGANIZATION CALLS JERSEY CITY SHOOTING ATTACK “ACT OF HATE”
[Gun Violence\Jersey City]
Former Arizona Rep Gabrielle Giffords: “Yesterday, our hearts broke for a Jersey City neighborhood terrorized by gunfire…We also can’t shy away from the fact that tragedies like these keep happening.”
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DEMOCRATS DEMAND REMOVAL OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADVISOR STEPHEN MILLER FOR ADVOCATING WHITE SUPREMACY AGENDA
[White Supremacy\Stephen Miller]
Democratic senators: Mr. Miller worked to advance white supremacist, anti-immigrant ideologies. In the letter, the senators connect the e-mails to specific immigration policies Mr. Miller has implemented in his current position.
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TEXAS CONGRESSMAN GREEN: IMPEACH TRUMP, LIKE PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, FOR HIS INCENDIARY RACISM–AND FOR UKRAINE
[Congressional News\Impeachment]
Congressman Al Green: “If the congressional Republicans of 1868 impeached President Johnson for his abusive, incitive, racist comments causing harm, why can’t the Congress of 2019 impeach President Trump for his abusive, incitive, racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, transphobic comments causing harm to society?”
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CENTRAL PARK FIVE EXONEREE DR. YUSEF SALAAM WILL SPEAK AT LEHMAN COLLEGE ABOUT THE “WOLF PACK” NEW YORK PRESS
[New York News\Criminal Justice]
On Nov. 21, Dr. Salaam, and New York Times Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Dwyer, will examine what went wrong, evaluate what has or has not changed about journalistic practice since the Central Park Five case, and analyze the ways racism, bias, an accepted narrative, emotion, anger, and fear shape how a story is told.
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