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After viral video of NYPD snatching baby from her arms as she waited for a child care voucher, Jazmine Headley has charges dropped
According to Vox, an arrest stemming from a December 7th visit to a Brooklyn Human Resources Center has created a firestorm after a video showing the NYPD forcefully taking Jazmine Headley’s one-year-old son Damone from her while she was trying to obtain a voucher for child care went viral. Headley had spent several hours in […]
Erica Garner Calls Out NYC Mayor de Blasio For Hypocrisy
Pretty much everyone in New York has ignored a law restricting the public release of police officer’s disciplinary records for more than 30 years. To be honest, most people probably forgot it was even on the books. However, that all changed once the police reformation activists, and even a judge, requested to get a look […]
New York stop-and-frisk appeal on hold
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a road map to end New York City’s appeal of a judge’s stop-and-frisk ruling. De Blasio’s announcement means that the city believes what Michael Bloomberg did not— that the previous administration abused stop-and-frisk policing. The practice has long been criticized for racially profiling minorities.
Dante de Blasio, Malia Obama among TIME’s ‘Most Influential Teens of 2013’
President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia Obama and Dante de Blasio are among TIME Magazine’s “The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013.” Obama was recognized for her poise and grace when in public, and de Blasio was honored as the latest fashion icon.