NYPD
NYPD Lies to City Council, Gaslights Victims of Police Violence
During ten hour City Council hearing on Public Safety, the NYPD representatives gaslight the public and lie about their well documented brutality. Once the people are allowed to testify against the police, all NYPD and mayoral representatives left in a disrespectful snub. Afterwards, the public spent 6 hours describing disturbing events of police brutality,demanding the Council disarm and defund the police.
Kimberly Ann
June 12, 2020
Papers, Please: NYPD Harasses Protesters Going Home
New York police are targeting activists. Maya Kates recounts being stopped in a taxi going home after a protest.
Maya Kates
June 8, 2020
“They Are Cracking Down Like This Because They Are Scared of the Movement”: Doctor Arrested by NYPD Speaks Out
Left Voice editor, doctor, and street medic Mike Pappas was arrested for violating curfew on Thursday night while marching against police brutality. He made this video at 2am Friday morning after he was released.
Mike Pappas
June 6, 2020
Nurse and Jail Support Volunteer Arrested by the NYPD
A frontline nurse and jail support volunteer were arrested by the NYPD, violating DeBlasio's own curfew policies. They are the second and third Left Voice collaborators arrested tonight.
Left Voice
June 5, 2020
Doctor and Left Voice Correspondent Mike Pappas is Arrested by the NYPD at Black Lives Matter Protest
Mike Pappas is a doctor and a member of the Left Voice editorial board. He was arrested tonight while he acted as a medic at a South Bronx Black Lives Matter Protest. *Update: Mike was freed on Friday morning.*
Left Voice
June 4, 2020
The NYPD is Stealing Bikes, Leaving Protesters Stranded
The cops are stealing bikes from protesters and beating them as they attempt to get home during the curfew.
Maria Aurelio
June 4, 2020
NYPD Plows SUVs Straight into Demonstrators, Mayor De Blasio Comes to Their Defense
In Brooklyn on Friday evening, the NYPD drove two SUVs straight into a crowd of protesters, echoing violent scenes in Charlottesville in 2017. Mayor Bill De Blasio, a Democrat, continues to defend the police.
Otto Fors
May 31, 2020
New York City Bus Drivers Defy the NYPD, Refuse to Transport Arrested Protesters
At Friday’s protests against the police murder of George Floyd, NYC bus drivers were called upon to transport arrested protesters. The bus drivers refused. Unions must develop this solidarity towards a strike against police brutality.
Tatum Regan
May 30, 2020
The New Stop and Frisk: NYPD Enforces Social Distancing with Violence in Black Communities
During the weekend, police used social distancing regulations to terrorize POC communities. While Black and Brown people were thrown onto sidewalks and handcuffed for standing too close to one another, affluent white neighborhoods peacefully sunbathed in parks in defiance of social distancing protocols.
Kimberly Ann
May 6, 2020
Why is AOC with the NYPD?
Politicians love photo-ops with police. But this is not OK for a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist."
Nathaniel Flakin
April 20, 2020