It’s been seven years since Eric Garner was killed during a police stop on Staten Island. Video of Garner’s death in a chokehold ignited protests, but yielded few consequences: Officer Daniel Pantaleo faced no criminal charges, and it would be five years before he was fired from the NYPD. But …
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On Tuesday, July 28th, videos began circulating on social media of an 18-year-old trans woman, Nikki Stone, being grabbed by a group of plainclothes New York Police Department officers and shoved into an unmarked van during a protest in Manhattan. In a tweet, the NYPD said Stone was was “wanted …
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This weekend’s Rolling Loud hip-hop festival in New York removed five rappers from its lineup following a request from the New York Police Department warning of the “public safety concerns” the rappers pose. In an October 9th letter from the NYPD to Rolling Loud that was tweeted by Karen Civil, …
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