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The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 at the end of the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin.It began has a hashtag in response to the "not guilty" verdict, and soon after appeared on a banner in a protest march in California. [1]
At Tuesday’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and The City College of New York, 282 people were arrested, according to the New York Police Department.
Xenophobic protests against a migrant centre in Staten Island come as City Hall is seeking to remove its longstanding obligation to provide shelter, Richard Hall writes.
Protests were held in New York City in response to the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old African American man and Michael Jackson impersonator, by Daniel Penny, a white ex-Marine while riding the F Train on May 1, 2023. [201] [202] Penny approached Neely from behind, placing him in a chokehold until Neely was unconscious. [203]
National political leaders ratcheted up the pressure for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to step down on Wednesday as pro-Palestinian protests continued at the school’s New York ...
New York City is also home to the highest number of immigrants from the Caribbean. [8] Since the earlier part of the 19th century, there has been a large presence of African Americans in New York City. [9] Early Black communities were created after the state's final abolition of slavery in 1827. [10]
Last week, the department released a 111-page report finding the NYPD lacked a clear strategy in handling the heated demonstrations and made key errors in its use of mass arrests, batons and the like.
Vigils and protests also took place in Albuquerque, [68] Atlanta, [69] Chicago, [70] California State University, Long Beach, [71] New York City , [72] Norwalk, Connecticut, [73] Pittsburgh, [74] Providence, [75] at the skatepark Nichols used to skate at in Sacramento, [76] and Yonkers, New York. [72] American University in Washington, D.C ...