Uptowners Rally Downtown Against Stop-and-Frisk | The Uptowner
By Kaitlyn Wells Protesters, many from Harlem and Washington Heights, gathered in Union Square yesterday afternoon to demonstrate against police brutality and stop-and-frisk tactics. The October 22 Coalition, which organized the rally, planned events in cities across the country for a national day of protest against “the criminalization of a generation.” Similar protests were scheduled [...]
Thousands March Silently Down Fifth Avenue to Protest Stop-and-Frisk Policies | NY Times
By JOHN LELAND and COLIN MOYNIHAN In a slow, somber procession, several thousand demonstrators conducted a silent march on Sunday down Fifth Avenue to protest the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies, which the organizers say single out minority groups and create an atmosphere of martial law for the city’s black and Latino residents. Two [...]
Put You On: Rich Medina x Tatyana Fazalizadeh – Get Angry
Get Angry is a collaboration between Rich Medina and painter Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. Inspired by the fervor of protest that threatened to boil over in 2011, Tatyana created a series of paintings to illustrate the various movements – from Tahrir Sq to Wall St, from London to Troy Davis, from Slutwalk to the demand for gay marriage rights – [...]
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