New York City activist Christina Gonzalez talks about the sacrifices that go along with fighting for change, during her thirteenth scheduled hearing (for the same arrest), at Brooklyn's Kings County Criminal Court.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Last month, the NYPD released the Stop-and-Frisk statistics report for the year 2011, which underscored a broad public controversy about the NYPD’s “stop-and-frisk” policy and charges of racial profiling. The data showed that African American [...]
Thursday, March 14, 2013
After a third night of protests over the shooting death of 16-year-old Kimani Gray turned into a riot, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams and other community leaders called for an end to the unrest Thursday afternoon in East Flatbush Brooklyn. They also demanded a thorough investigation from the police.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
An off-duty MTA employee was found this morning sleeping in his car, which was still running and half on a Bed-Stuy sidewalk. He was taken into police custody and discovered to have a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes announced today the arrest of 14 individuals involved in a drug ring centered in and around the Red Hook Houses.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
A missing police radio has recently been used several times from the Bushwick Houses to send a signal indicating that an officer is hurt or under attack.
Monday, February 11, 2013
A jury deemed Lamont Pride not guilty of aggravated murder today, instead charging him with murder in the second degree. Pride shot and killed Officer Peter Fogoski in Dec. 2011 following a botched drug robbery in Cypress Hills.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Police are looking for three suspects wanted for a series of commercial armed robberies in Brooklyn. Police said the suspects have struck at least six times between Dec. 30 and Feb. 4.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Earlier this week a New York City Police Department report confirmed something many people in Brooklyn already know: the police department’s stop and frisk policy is alive and well in Brooklyn. According to the report, more people were stopped in two Brooklyn precincts, covering East New York, Brownsville and Crown Heights --- than anywhere else in the city last year.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Weekly marches have followed the June shooting of a neighborhood resident by the police.
Friday, March 15, 2013
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