Protestors are currently shutting down a major area of commerce in downtown Los Angeles

📍Marching by Barclays Center

a reminder who the fear mongering policies you buy into actually hurt

NOW: Officers watch from the balcony of the NYSE as pro-Palestine protesters rally outside the building

Mr. Mayor, we’re getting another call from the Turkish embassy

Policing as an institution consistently privileges the retention of authoritarian power and ideology over public safety. timesunion.com/news/article/s…

NEW: An investigation by a team reporting for MuckRock and New York Focus uncovered disciplinary files on homeless shelter 'peace officers' who abuse the residents they're supposed to protect.

Read their files, and our investigation, here:

nysfocus.com/2024/04/15/new…

Today, tax day, thousands of protesters joined Within Our Lifetime in front of the Stock Exchange. Protesters then marched to the BK Bridge. As they crossed, NYPD arrested dozens, including one of our photogs. A source says of the arrests they saw, at least 2 more were of journalists.

The NYPD busted into #KawaskiTrawick 's apt while he was making dinner, shot him, let him bleed out, and—when asked if anyone was hurt—said 'Nobody, just a perp,' then buried the bodycam footage. Then they announced the cops would face no discipline, w/o even notifying his family.

Housing Activist Protest outside Governors office 633 3rd Avenue New York NY. 10 AM #tenantrights #rents #HousingCrisis

APRIL 2023: soon, Twitter will be the 'everything app'. your entire life will be contained within it. payments, posts, memories, education, and beyond
APRIL 2024: please pay 69 cents to prove you're not a pornography robot

Maybe instead of discourse about free speech on campus we should be focusing on RICO prosecutions of protesters

#OtD 15 Apr 1920 the Braintree robbery took place in Massachusetts. 2 Italian anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were later arrested, tried and executed purely on circumstantial evidence in what is widely considered a miscarriage of justice. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7760/b…

In case you missed it very late on Friday, as the NYPD and the mayor doubtless intended you to: hellgatenyc.com/shame-upon-new…

This country has sterilized the civil rights movement to the point that Black liberals condemn the same direct actions they exploit for votes.

I’m sitting here at the Brooklyn Bridge and overhear on the NYPD radios they can’t go after some shoplifters because all units are with the Palestine protest.

All power to the looters🥷

“drug policy often assumes drug use involves inherent risks in ways that ignore how policies contribute to those risks...(including) the way drug laws criminalize ppl who use drugs & the impacts of drug laws are concentrated on the socially disadvantaged” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The destruction of Gaza, by USA weapons.

Billionaire Hui Qin made numerous illegal donations to political candidates, including Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign. Qin’s now-ex wife Emma Duo Liu got a cushy job in Adams’ administration. Adams also celebrated his 60th birthday at their luxury penthouse at The Plaza hotel.