Evan Greer posted on twitter Jan 19 -NYPD working overtime to make it clear which side the cops are on and this link to the Gothamist about NYPD Brutally arresting protestors during an MLK rally in NYC Jan 18th. We've clearly made little progress since the Civil Rights Movement.
Here is the tweet, https://twitter.com/evan_greer/status/1351563700344336385?s=20
And here is the link to the Gothamist https://gothamist.com/news/photos-nypd-arrests-protesters-marching-mlk-day-near-city-hall
Another article on the incident,
NYPD cops violently arrest dozens of Martin Luther King Day marchers after state sues them for violence
That much was made obvious on Monday night when a phalanx of hundreds of NYPD charged a Black Lives Matter Martin Luther King Day protest, violently beating and arresting dozens of protestors. “They weren’t approaching the police in a violent manner. Police randomly surged,” recounted witness Ms. Plaza to the New York Times.
https://occupydemocrats.com/2021/01/19/onypd-cops-violently-arrest-martin-luther-king-day-marchers-arrest-dozens3/
One tweet from a protestor,
Nypd currently playing a roadway dispersal in a public park, continuing to attack people. pic.twitter.com/iulkfetM1T
— Isabelle Leyva (@isabelle_leyva) January 19, 2021
Laura Pitter @LauraPitter on Twitter posted, To demand justice for New York Police Department (NYPD) abusestakes new innovative approach, calling on city to grant reparations. Grounds for it is well established in human rights law. NY should consider this more holistic approach
An Innovative Approach to Justice for New York Police Violence
https://twitter.com/Laurapitter/status/1354125364491153409?s=20https://twitter.com/Laurapitter/status/1354125364491153409?s=20
Also from Laura Pitter 3 hours ago today For background, documented these NYPD abuses in a report, & video with finding the NYPD's conduct “unjustified” amounting to "serious violations of international human rights laws." Scores injured, more than 250 wrongfully arrested. https://twitter.com/Laurapitter/status/1354125419683999754?s=20
US: New York Police Planned Assault on Bronx Protesters
Trapping, Beatings in June Crackdown Reveal Abusive, Unaccountable System
New York City police planned the assault and mass arrests of peaceful protesters in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx on June 4, 2020, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The crackdown, led by the department’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, was among the most aggressive police responses to protests across the United States following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and could cost New York City taxpayers several million dollars in misconduct complaints and lawsuits.
Human Rights Watch and the visual investigations firm SITU Research also released a video using three-dimensional modeling, witness interviews, and footage recorded at the protest.
“Kettling” Protesters in the Bronx
Systemic Police Brutality and Its Costs in the United States