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Protesters hold up signs reading “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice for Robert Brooks” days after a disturbing video of the Black inmate’s fatal beating in New York
As with the killing of Eric Garner, video of the event spread quickly through news and social media sparking international protests. In New York, the incident drew comparisons to Eric Garner, and demonstrations, protests, and marches occurred at several sites in each of the five New York City boroughs starting on May 28, 2020.
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]
New York City has agreed to pay out $13 million to more than a thousand New Yorkers arrested in the summer 2020 George Floyd demonstrations, marking one of the largest settlement agreements with ...
Babylon: On June 14, hundreds gathered for two Black Lives Matter protests in Babylon Village, which eventually united into one larger protest. [77]Bay Shore: Thousands marched through downtown Bay Shore on June 7, walking from the Dr. George S. King Park Gazebo to the Bay Shore Commons, back through Main Street, then to the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Library.
Police arrested more than 45 protesters, according to the student-run Yale Daily News. In New York, officers moved on the NYU crowd shortly after nightfall as hundreds of demonstrators for hours ...
Eight black bloc protesters were arrested for vandalism carried out in the Upper East Side on April 14. [61] Protesters would block off traffic on the New York side of the Holland Tunnel leading to a brief closure of it on the evening of April 15. [62] [63] Protesters held a vigil in Times Square on April 17. [64] Nevada
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.