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Has the Pandemic Sparked a Hidden Child Abuse Crisis?
June 8, 2020 By Meghan Gunn
At a St. Louis hospital in early April, a baby was admitted with 15 broken ribs. Physicians believed the injuries likely resulted from repetitive stomping, by a much larger adult. The case was deemed child abuse. The infant died. More →
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10th Day of Protest Leads to End of Curfew and Pledge to Cut NYPD Funding
June 7, 2020 By Emmy Freedman and Erin O'Brien
A tenth day of protests against police brutality ended without the widespread arrests seen in previous nights and culminated in the lifting of a citywide curfew and a pledge to cut NYPD funding. "Yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city," tweeted Mayor Bill de Blasio, ending the highly contentious curfew a day early. "We will be moving funding from the NYPD to youth initiatives and social services," the mayor announced this morning. More →
As More Protesters Are Arrested, NYCLU and Others Threaten to Sue Over Curfew
June 6, 2020 By Ali Tufan Koc and Daniel Maurer
A protest halted by police at Grand Army Plaza last night. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Update, June 7: Mayor de Blasio announced Sunday morning that New York City's curfew has been lifted a day early. "Yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city," he tweeted. The NYCLU tweeted, "This would not have happened without immense pressure from New Yorkers protesting + the threat of a lawsuit."
Four civil liberties organizations have threatened to sue Mayor Bill de Blasio if he extends a controversial curfew that has resulted in the arrests of hundreds of protesters. The curfew, the city's first in 75 years, was imposed Monday in the wake of widespread looting, but critics– including a growing and increasingly vocal chorus of elected officials– argue it has led to more of the police brutality that thousands have been peacefully marching against all week. More →
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NYPD Digital Surveillance Could Follow You Long After the Protests Are Over
June 5, 2020 By Nate File
As protests of the murder of George Floyd and police brutality continue across New York City, the NYPD is very likely using a bevy of wide-reaching digital surveillance techniques to track demonstrators and record their information. More →
270 Arrested During Night of Protests Described By Mayor as 'Overwhelmingly Peaceful'
June 5, 2020 By Erin O'Brien
As George Floyd was buried in Minneapolis, at a memorial service presided over by the Reverend Al Sharpton, protesters in New York took to the streets for a 10th day of protests in defiance of a citywide 8pm curfew last night. The day of protests began with a memorial service for Floyd at Cadman Plaza– the site of Wednesday night's police crackdown– and ended in another show of police force that led to 270 arrests, the NYPD said. More →
How a Spontaneous Instagram Account Became the Central Source For BLM Protests in NYC
June 5, 2020 By Alex Brady
The creator of @justiceforgeorge wasn't prepared for it to get this big.
While scrolling through Twitter last Friday, Anne (who works anonymously and whom we are identifying with a pseudonym) stumbled across a thread by @chaoticcoochie. The thread included locations and times for Black Lives Matter demonstrations in New York and Connecticut protesting the police killing of 46 year-old Minnesota man George Floyd. Thinking it might be difficult for some people to find, Anne decided to share the information by creating an Instagram account, @justiceforgeorgenyc, and posting it there. "I didn't think it was anything special," Anne said. "I kind of just assumed that there were other accounts like this." More →
George Floyd's Brother at Brooklyn Rally: 'There's a Movement Going On'
June 4, 2020 By Emmy Freedman
As protests surrounding George Floyd's killing enter their second week, his brother and New York City leaders gathered in Brooklyn on Thursday to pay homage to the man who is the latest addition to a growing list of black Americans who were killed at the hands of police brutality. More →
Nearly 200 Arrested as 'Mostly Peaceful' Protest Marches Past Curfew
(Photos: Erin O'Brien)
Thousands protesting police brutality once again took to the streets after curfew Wednesday night, and were met with widespread police resistance. Approximately 180 arrests were made over the course of the night, the NYPD said. More →
You Know George Floyd's Name, Brooklyn Marchers Want You to Say Breonna Taylor's
As George Floyd protests take shape across the country, people in Brooklyn are making sure Breonna Taylor is not forgotten.
"They slaughter our men in the streets, and then they go and slaughter us — black women — in our homes," the organizer of a protest in Crown Heights said Wednesday through a megaphone. More →
Protesters Clash With Police, Defy Curfew to Take Over Bridges and Streets
Eight days after the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, protesters once again took to the streets of New York last night to call for an end to police brutality. In defiance of New York's citywide curfew, which went into effect at 8pm, largely peaceful protesters marched through the streets until the early hours of Tuesday morning, and were met with markedly increased levels of police crackdowns. More →
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