And to Bill de Blasio, do you know what NYC needs from you? To reassure the public that NYPD officers who mollywhop and brutalize New Yorkers are disciplined and removed from the force in the name of public safety. #ReleaseTheNames #FireNYPD
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“Instead of protecting NYers - and children at that - the NYPD jumped into the melee, eager to join the brawl, when they should have been deescalating. We are calling to have those officers fired, and to cancel the hiring of 500 new transit officers,” Yehalah Webster,
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“What happened this weekend was ridiculous! Is that what wants? To terrorize more young black men into fearing that they’ll never go home to their mothers, and all because they were commuting while black,” , .
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“What we saw in those two incidents was a lesson on implicit bias, on how some among us react when we see black skin,” .
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“, you need to stop helping to criminalize the poor, and start providing affordable, accessible services for those you want to criminalize,” .
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“Every officer would need to catch someone doing something 7 times an hour in order to get a return on investment for 500 new officers. It’s cheaper to let everyone use the subway for free,” .
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“I can’t promise that my kids don’t jump the turnstile - I don’t think they do - but I don’t have to worry that they will be punched in the face by NYPD. Black\brown kids & their parents have to worry everyday that what happened on those videos will happen to them,”
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“The system is designed to operate in the way we saw in those videos. The MTA needs elevators to make the system accessible, it needs to be affordable to the many New Yorkers who need it everyday. We need to #FixTheSubway, not make it a playground for the police state,” .
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“What I saw was trauma forming in that young man’s eyes. The only weapon I saw were the ones the NYPD officers were brandishing. For this video, there are countless others,” Elad Nehorai, eyewitness who filmed the police response at Franklin Ave. station.
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“We are here to say #NoNewCops! Our young people need school, jobs, healthcare, affordable subways, not a police officers who punch them in the face,” .
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“I wish they would rush into schools with the same vigor, to give out books and supplies. We don’t want more cops, we want more resources, more justice,” .
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“More police will not address the management and infrastructure crises that we find ourselves in and we reject the false and dangerous arguments being used to justify the expansion of MTA policing,” Darlene, @RidersNY.
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DEMANDS:
-We call on to immediately release officer names involved in incidents and ensure speedy/transparent discipline and firing of officers.
-We call on to cancel plans to hire 500 new MTA officers.
#FixTheSubway #ReleaseTheNames #NoNewCops #FireNYPD
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“What we’re talking about is a failed response to poverty and homelessness. Rather than criminalize people for not having means, the mayor and governor should focus on providing resources and services to those in need,” .
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