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Demonstrations against police brutality and the death of Tyre Nichols continued throughout New York City on Saturday, with hundreds gathering near the arch at Washington Square Park.
About 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Essex County Courthouse in Newark on Saturday to call for police reform and an end to police brutality.
The announcement follows a year-long Gothamist/WNYC series investigating allegations of police corruption and brutality in the small, majority-Black Westchester County city.
Protesters chanted “This is what community looks like!” and “We stand with Kenosha.”
De Blasio said, "This verdict is disgusting and it sends a horrible message to this country."
“Cascading collective trauma,” propelled by repeated police shootings, the 24-hour news cycle and social media, pushes against our ability to find closure and mentally heal.
New York City’s police oversight agency has released its first public database on NYPD misconduct records, following an order from a federal appeals court.
As the department faces growing pressure to revamp its protest policing, the rise of the Strategic Response Group could prove instructive.
"This is your last chance otherwise pepper spray is going in your eyeballs," a female cop told the girl.
“They need to try something different this time if they're actually going to stand up against this kind of egregious misconduct.”