As GOP hosts NY State Republican Gala in Midtown, thousands expected to protest outside with the explicit intention of shutting it down New York City and GOP leaders are bracing themselves for some of the largest anti-Trump protests this campaign season, as thousands of people are scheduled to protest the …
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First State to act in response to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT legislation Similar order to Cuomo’s in 2015 responding to Indiana’s “Religious Freedom” Bill In a statement released Monday from his office, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina, …
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A Black, female police officer has been dismissed by the City of Buffalo Police Department after 19 years of service because she tried to stop a fellow officer from choking a man who was already subdued in handcuffs. On November 1st, 2006, Officer Cariol Horne arrived at the scene of …
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Recently terminated officer Eduardo Cornejo has been arrested and charged with transporting prostitutes he employed to clients in and around the greater New York City metropolitan area. An 11-year veteran of the force who had worked in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Mr. Cornejo was caught transporting at least 10 different prostitutes to …
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Three black women who are undergraduates at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany reported that they were harassed with racial slurs and physically assaulted by a group of 10-12 white men on a bus early Saturday morning. As first reported by the Associated Press, the Albany Police …
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Jessica Williams has always had a knack for taking on tough assignments and exposing false narratives with great poise. Last night, she turned her sights on Whitesboro and its controversial racist seal, which town officials conceded are now working to change after weeks of public pressure. Here is the seal, …
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Yes, this is America. 2016. Via Gothamist A village in central New York voted on Monday night to maintain its controversial seal, which depicts a white man with his hands placed on the shoulders of a Native American man, apparently choking him. Whitesboro, New York residents voted in favor of …
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