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Nia Adams, a racial justice advocate on Long Island, spoke candidly about how the Breonna Taylor case has affected her emotionally.
Long Island advocates demand justice in police brutality cases
Black women were front and center at the latest Black Lives Matter protest outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Sept. 24. more
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Izabela Saboski, owner of Colour Bar Hair in Rockville Centre, has started a mask donation drive and fundraiser for the Rockville Centre Police Department.
Salon owner starts mask donation drive to Rockville Centre Police Department
Throughout the pandemic, the Rockville Centre Police Department has been on the front lines and has kept the community safe. As a way to both show appreciation for what they are doing and to continue to keep police officers safe, Izabela Saboski, owner and president of Colour Bar Hair on North Village Avenue, is starting a community effort to help protect the members of the department amid the pandemic through donations of high-quality face masks. more
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Recent laws endanger the police and public
Policing is a community service provided by a paramilitary organization. There are about 800,000 police officers across the U.S., and regardless of color or creed, we are all blue. more
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Defunding the police isn’t the answer
The actions of the four Minneapolis police officers who caused the tragic death of George Floyd on Memorial Day were barbaric and shameful, and go against everything we as a society stand for. more
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Of course black lives matter!
While commenting on the chants and signs proclaiming “Black Lives Matter,” a white colleague said, “All lives matter.” Yes, I replied, but . . . more
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Reform policing, don’t trash it
There’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America. more
Yes, black lives matter!
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The heinous murder of George Floyd by a police officer sworn to uphold the law . . . more
New York is moving ahead with police reform
Justice for George Floyd came swiftly in New York. During two weeks of intense protests at hundreds of locales across the state . . . more
Nikhil Goyal, of Young Long Island for Justice, read a letter that more than three dozen local advocacy organizations have signed asking for “the Long Island six senators” to refuse police union donations and give prior police union funds to groups fighting for racial justice.
Racial justice advocates want Kaminsky to reinvest ‘cop money’
Protesters joined in front of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s office in Rockville Centre on June 18 to demand that he refuse campaign contributions from police unions. more
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On June 7, protesters kneeled in front of the Rockville Centre Police Department’s headquarters on Maple Avenue. They paused there for about eight minutes, the amount of time that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck before he died.
RVCPD, local activists react to Cuomo's order on police reforms
After weeks of nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a 10-bill package of police reforms passed earlier in the week by the State Legislature. more
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