Posts Tagged ‘police brutality’

An Open Letter to America about the Central Park Five

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

This 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.

It’s in my nature to overanalyze and to equivocate, and to make light of the things that are most important to me, but sometimes even those who can close off their emotions with seemingly little effort come up against a force that moves us in strange and powerful ways.

I saw The Central Park Five at the closing night of DOC NYC last night, and at the end, when the five men who’d been wrongfully convicted came up onto the stage, together in one place for the first time since that night in Central Park on April 19, 1989, I was choking back tears, and maybe all my perspective (too much fucking perspective) has gone out the window, but I think this is one of the most important films I’ve ever seen.

Full blog article here.

 

 

NYPD Brutalization in Zuccotti Park March 17

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

From 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.

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This Is Happening Whether “They” Like It Or Not!

Monday, February 13th, 2012

DON’T SUPPRESS OWS!

Supported by: Occupy Wall Street General Assembly; Occupy Cleveland GA; OWS Anti-War Working Group & 700 signers online including Boots Riley and Scott Olsen from Occupy Oakland.

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Wow! A Very Savvy 17-Year-Old Youth

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

The Daily News reported:

A Bronx teen said two cops roughed him up when he mouthed off after one of them stepped in a pile of dog doo.

After he was beaten, according to the News, the youth, Tyre Davis, contacted Internal Affairs and the NYPD duo – Joseph Murphy, 26, and Jose Ocasio, 28 – was arrested. There’s no mention of a lawyer helping the youth. There’s no mention of how the News got the story.

But if this story is accurate, it’s impressive that this kid was savvy enough to fight to protect his rights. Hoorah!

Headline: ‘It smells like doo-doo’ quip prompted cops’ attack, Bronx teen Tyre Davis saysFull story here.

NYPD Brutality Costs New York City Taxpayers Millions …

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

… but New Yorkers Not People of Color love the head-bangers soooo that the City’s paramilitary force can get away with – literally and figuratively – mayhem and murder. New York Civil Liberties Racial Justice Project: Hundreds of thousands of innocent New Yorkers of Color stopped and frisked.
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