[NYC Chokehold Law]
Lancman: “For six long years, Mayor de Blasio vehemently opposed my bill making it a crime for officers to perform a chokehold…the mayor sees an opening to undo this key police reform.”
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Sean Bell
Councilman Lancman: Mayor de Blasio Pushing to Weaken Chokehold Law
Gov. Cuomo: I Stand with Thousands of Marchers Demanding Police Reform
[New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\Police Violence]
Cuomo: “I stand in solidarity with the thousands of peaceful demonstrators demanding police reform, criminal justice reform, and racial equality, shouting in one collective voice: Black Lives Matter.”
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Cardinal Dolan Excusing NYPD Abuse and Murder is Sinful
[Timothy Cardinal Dolan\NYPD]
Black Star News: “Cardinal Dolan, your comments are insensitive, at the very least. They are offensive to every Black New Yorker targeted, daily, by the institutional racism that is deeply embedded in the NYPD.”
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Sen. Schumer on Justice in Policing Act: “We Can’t Wait”
[Justice in Policing Act]
Schumer: “This is a moment that demands we confront the poison of racism, which pervades every aspect of our society – from the jury box to the ballot box, from the emergency room to the classroom, from C-suites to city streets…’We can’t wait.”
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