March 22, 2013 – A federal judge has ruled that a New York City Transit Authority rule requiring people using the city’s transit system to carry ID is unconstitutional. The decision is a victory for the New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit in November, 2011 defending the public’s right to take photographs in the subway system without fear of being arrested or having to show identification to police. Full story here.
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NYCLU Makes the Subways Safe for Photographers
Monday, April 1st, 2013Protected: NYPD Guilty …
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013NYPD Guilty … UPDATE
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
NYPD Guilty …
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013… Routinely Making Unconstitutional Street Stops Outside Clean Halls Buildings Across the Bronx
January 8, 2013 — From NYCLU: The NYPD has a pattern and practice of illegally stopping innocent people in public areas outside thousands of private apartment buildings in the Bronx and must immediately end this unconstitutional practice, a U.S. District Court judge ruled this morning.
The victory comes as part of a federal class-action lawsuit filed in March by the New York Civil Liberties Union, The Bronx Defenders, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the law firm of Shearman & Sterling LLP challenging the NYPD’s enforcement of Operation Clean Halls – a citywide program within the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk regime that allows police officers to patrol in and around certain private apartment buildings.
More later.
Hunter Public Safety Up to Its Old Yes-No Tricks
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
Hunter Campus Safety Officer telling student early in the start of the fall semester that he can’t videotape on school property.
Should the Princeton Review be alerting prospective film, art and journalism students that Hunter students are subject to harassment if they try to take pictures and video on campus?
The Central Park 5
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
This picture of Yusef Salaam is one of the most haunting pictures of the century.
Everyone should see this Ken Burns documentary at least once on the big screen. Then a few times on the screens at home. And recommend to families and friends and neighbors.
NYPD Brutalization in Zuccotti Park March 17
Sunday, March 18th, 2012From occupy_antisuppression-owner@lists.riseup.net:
As hundreds of people joyously celebrated the six month birthday of Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, the largest gathering in months without police barricades, the NYPD declared the park closed at 11:30 p.m. They moved into the park swinging batons, beating people attempting to exercise rights that are supposed to be legally guaranteed. The New York Times reported that scores were arrested. See pictures here.
Which Ones Want to Censor the WORD?
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012At the D:F/M faculty meeting today, irate Colleagues expressed plans to censor the WORD? They said they were upset that the department’s dirty linen was being exposed across the spectrum of the Internet.
Today is the Day: February 28 Rally @t Union Square to Support OCCUPY WALL STREET
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012Date: Tue Feb 28 01:14:49 EST 2012
From: occupy_antisuppression-owner@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [occupy_antisuppression] Anonymous re-tweets, MichaelMoore.com posts
To: occupy_antisuppression@lists.riseup.net
MichaelMoore.com just put an alert at the top of the site:
An Open Letter to America about the Central Park Five
Saturday, April 13th, 2013This was published several months ago in Indiewire by Josh Raiske but I just came across it and thought it needs to see more light of day.
Tags: ken burns, NYPD Stop and Frisk, police brutality, sarah burns
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