Sunday, January 8, 2012

Nypd rally

  • NEW YORK -- Several New York politicians and community leaders rallied in Brooklyn on Saturday to demand more accountability from the citys police department when it comes to minorities.
  • (Staten Island Advance)
  • The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau has opened an investigation into the postings. This is not an anti-NYPD rally, Williams said at the start of the rally, where a round of applause greeted officers there.
  • (NBC New York)
  • Ellen Barkin is claiming police brutality after alleging she was shoved by cops trying to contain the Occupy Wall Street rally.
  • (Sheknows.com)
  • Several politicians are rallying in Brooklyn to demand more accountability from the citys police department when it comes to minorities. The protest is planned for Saturday afternoon in Grand Army Plaza.
  • (NBC New York)
  • Concerns voiced at a recent rally focused the lack of charges issued by the New York Police Department (NYPD) to vehicle drivers after striking bicyclists and pedestrians.
  • (24-7PressRelease.com)
  • This included the NYPDs attempts to monitor and collect data on New Yorkers at about 250 mosques, schools, and businesses throughout the city, "simply because of their religion and not because they exhibited suspicious behaviour," the inter-faith group added.
  • (The Hindu)
  • ALEJANDRO CARVALHO, OCCUPY WALL STREET PARTICIPANT: The NYPD helped us do our job My union was out for its own rally on the 15th but didnt hand out a single flier for this. Thats CW Local 100.
  • (Real News Network)
  • He also urged the community to rally and voice their concerns for the state to deny Levittown School Board President Michael Pappas, who is also a retired NYPD officer, said, "Families in communities need wholesome venues.
  • (Farmingdale Observer)
  • Early arrivals to the General Assembly found a sizable contingent of NYPD officers waiting for them but that it was understandable that officers would rally at a time of trouble.
  • (Socialist Worker Online)
  • "We want NYPD to take the time it needs to conduct an unbiased, thorough, professional investigation, said the victims mother, Erika Lefevre, at the rally.
  • (Patch)

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