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NYC: 12 Year Old Latina Arrested for Doodling on Her Desk
9:36 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · children|Education|New York City · 7 Comments
9 Feb 2010
My first daughter was barely walking when the New York City Department of Education put the New York City Police Department in charge of school safety. I protested the measure, supporting the high school students and parents who knew that putting the already racist NYPD in charge of public school safety would lead to racial profiling on top of racial tracking that was already happening.
Now my older daughter is 12 years old, and the school where many of her friends go, the school that is her zoned junior high school (full disclosure- she attends a private school), the school my sister graduated from, had a 12 year old arrested and handcuffed for doodling on her desk.
Alexa Gonzalez no longer faces a suspension for scribbling with a lime green marker, but principal Marilyn Grant told her mother, Moraima Camacho, that agency policy dictated that she calls the cops.
“[She said] that it wasn’t their fault that it was something they had to do,” Camacho said of her meeting with Grant at Junior High School 190 in Forest Hills. “She doesn’t consider it doodling.”
A message left for Grant was not returned.
After Alexa scribbled her name, the date and a smiley face on her desk during a Spanish class on Monday, her teacher reported her to an assistant principal, who placed a call to cops, city officials said.
The cops arrested Alexa, escorting her out of the school with her hands behind her back in metal handcuffs, Camacho said.
Latino Events in NYC Today: Por la Justicia. Maximo Pueguero Presente.
7:09 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Justice|New York City|Violence · Comments Off
24 Oct 2009Maximo Pueguero Is Gunned Down by NYPD! Family, Friends and Community Demand Justice!
Family and friends have worked in conjunction with lawyers and eyewitnesses to gather information that points to the unjust fatal shooting of a non-documented young man in Washington Heights.
What: On July 22nd 2009, Maximo Peguero was killed by members of the NYPD.
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There was never a robbery, as the NYPD has stated
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He never stepped out of the car
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There were no weapons found in the car
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There were no illegal substances present in the car
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There were no charges made
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The other car passengers are all free of charges We are going to have a vigil and a march on 3rd month of his deathWho: Alianza Dominicana Inc., Democratic council member nominee Ydanis Rodriguez, Family and Friends of Maximo Peguero Movement, witnesses of the murder, outraged coummunity.
When: Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 188th street between Amsterdam and Audubon at 3pm. In front of the altar where his life was taken away.
Press confrence to be held after march at the 34th Pct. @ 4pm.
If you have any information that could help our cases please call:Ambrose Wotorson, PC Attorney at Law at 718-797-4861
If Bratton Returns to NYC, Latinos Need to Remember the Blood on his Hands
11:03 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Justice|New York City · 1 Comment
8 Aug 2009
For the past few days I have been reading that current LAPD Comish and former NYPD Comish, William Bratton is coming back to the big mango. He’s coming to head up a private security firm but hasn’t ruled out retaking his old position running NY’s (a-hem) finest.
Now that former NYPD commissioner William Bratton is leaving his post as LAPD commissioner to be CEO of a NYC security company, there’s plenty of speculation that he could return to the public sector—even back as NYPD commissioner. Bratton told the Daily News, “Oh sure. I’m only 61. That’s a possibility down the line. Those that know me know I never close any doors. Well with some exceptions: I’ve closed the door on politics to show my sanity. I’m not crazy.”
Regardless of the capacity, Bratton’s return to NYC should capture everyone’s attention in the city, especially in the Latino community given the vicious police violence that the NYPD, under his hand, unleashed.
Read more…
14 Years Later NYC Police Brutality Case Gets A Chance in Court
9:42 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Justice|New York City · 3 Comments
17 Mar 2009
Bronx Civil Court is not the ideal venue for Margarita Rosario to seek justice for her son, Anthony Rosario, and nephew, Hilton Vega. Civil court won’t send the killers to jail and it certainly will not return her family to her. Pero when a grand jury declines to indict the and federal investigations reportedly reviewing the case seemingly lead nowhere, you take what you can to speak the truth.
14 years ago (January 12, 1995), the lives of the 18 and 21 year old Puerto Rican young men, were violently taken from them thanks to Detectives Patrick Brosnan and James Crowe of the 46th precinct.
The details of the case are gruesome and show the levels of depravity that racist police violence can reach. Brosnan and Crowe, who at one points in their careers were bodyguards to once NYC Mayor and presidential wannabe Rudolph Giuliani, shot Rosario and Vega execution style. Independent pathologists and an investigation by the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) showed that all the bullets were fired from behind the victims; that both Rosario and Vega had bullets entry wounds under their arms, indicating that their hands were raised; and that they had sustained wounds to the backs of their heads, torso and back. Rosario was shot 14 times and Vega was shot 8 times.
The CCRB found that the detectives had used excessive force, but when its report was sent to the police commissioner, he ignored the CCRB’s substantiation of the charges. This undermined the CCRB by exposing its lack of power. Detective Brosnan was allowed to retire – without facing departmental charges – with benefits, including a disability pension after he claimed hearing damage suffered during the shooting of the young men.
The Rosario-Vega case happened under Giuliani time, which for many families of color in NYC meant mourning time as more and more of their young people were killed. Anibal Carasquillo, Yong Xin Huang, Anthony Baez, Frankie Arzuaga, Aswan Watson and on and on. Pero out of that mourning came organizing and community building led by the mothers of those who were killed.
Now Anthony Rosario’s mother needs support. She is reliving the pain of losing her son and nephew and hearing the lies put forth by the police.
Those interested in court support please contact justicecommittee@ gmail.com and/or call 212-614-5343
More information on the case is available at: Reality Films-Justifiable Homicide and the Justice Committee .
Driving While Black or Latino in NYC is Risky
12:02 pm By Maegan La Mala · New York City|race|society · Comments Off
16 Jan 2009
Driving While Black or Driving While Brown has always been somewhat of a hazard, and depending on in what part of the country one happens to be driving, non-white drivers run the risk of getting stopped by cops. But where the stats on police stopping black or Latino drivers seems to be off the charts is our beloved New York City:
From 2005 to 2008, 80 percent of all traffic stops of New Yorkers involved black and Latino drivers, according to the report by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). That’s shocking, considering blacks and Latinos only account for 25 percent and 28 percent, respectively, of New York City’s population, CCR reported.By contrast, only 10 percent of traffic stops involved white drivers, who are 44 percent of the city’s population.
MSNBC reports that the arrest and summons rates for these drivers is extremely low “which suggests black and Latino drivers aren’t doing anything wrong at a higher rate than whites to justify being eight times more likely to get stopped.”
What do you think? Have you or anyone you know ever been stopped for DWB?
Via / MSNBC
Rally Mañana for Imam Morales : Mentally Ill Man Tasered to his Death by NYPD
9:46 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Justice|New York City · Comments Off
11 Jan 2009
A few months ago, we wrote about, Iman Morales, a mentally ill man, was killed by NYPD officers on September 24th, 2008. Mr. Morales was tasered while standing on the ledge of a store front awning 10 feet high without an air bag to break his fall. The officers ignored his mother’s cries for an airbag, and made no attempts to catch Mr. Morales who fell to his death after being tasered.
“He was a good son. He didn’t deserve this. It shouldn’t happen to anyone else. All he needed was a little help, which the NYPD didn’t give him,” Olga Negron, mother of Iman Morales.
Don’t Say I didn’t Warn You : NYPD Arresting Children in School
11:00 am By Maegan La Mala · children|crime|Education|Justice|New York City|race · 1 Comment
9 Oct 2008
Years ago, when the then NYC Board of Education School Safety Division was swallowed by the New York City Police Department, I, working in coalition with other activists, warned that this would step up the criminalization of young people, especially students of color. Since then, it’s been one I told you so moment after another, with children being illegally searched and arrested for “acting out” in class.
New York State law prohibits children younger than 16 from being arrested for minor, non-criminal violations like loitering. If a child commits a minor infraction at school, he may be disciplined, but the Family Court Act prohibits police from arresting the child. But according to NYPD data obtained in a Freedom of Information Law request, between 2005 and 2007, approximately 300 New York City public school students were illegally arrested in or on school grounds for non-criminal violations. And when the children were arrested, they were handcuffed, forcibly removed from school and taken to police precincts.
VL Follow Up : NYPD Officer Involved in Taser Death Commits Suicide
10:19 am By Maegan La Mala · Health|New York City · 1 Comment
2 Oct 2008
Last week, we wrote about Iman Morales, the man having a mental health crisis and instead of being helped by the New York City Police Department, he was tasered and fell to his death.
Yesterday, Morales was buried and early this morning, Lieutenant Michael Pigott, who gave the order to shoot Morales, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The NYPD quickly admitted that Emergency Service police should not have used a Taser on him while he was on a ledge, and two cops were disciplined.
On Wednesday, the Lieutenant had said he was “truly sorry for what happened” to Iman Morales, who was stunned with the Taser as he teetered on a building’s ledge. The 50,000-volt shock caused him to topple 10 feet, headfirst, into a sidewalk. He died a shortly after from fatal injuries.
NYPD Attacked Father Taking His Daughter to School and Now He Faces Charges
9:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|crime|Dominicans|Family|Justice|New York City|Politics · 4 Comments
17 Sep 2008
Imagine you are walking your daughter to school. It’s a common scene. The last thing you expect is to be attacked. The last thing you expect is to be attacked by the New York City Police Department. Yet, that’s exactly what happened to Jesus Bracero.
In May 2007, 56-year-old Jesus Bracero was attacked in Washington Heights by NYPD officers while dropping his 15-year-old daughter off at school. The catalyst? Bracero not complying immediately when asked for id. This is where people will say to themselves, why did he not just follow the police order? The answer is simple. In the words of Bracero: “I had not done anything illegal.” This was enough to unleash the NYPD choking and beating him.
They dragged Bracero out of his car with a chokehold on his neck. Bracero says he was assaulted by many police, who handcuffed him and repeatedly banged his head on the ground.
Latino Radical Hip Hoppers Rebel Diaz Attacked By the NYPD
9:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Justice|Music|New York City · 1 Comment
23 Jun 2008Last Thursday, independent, radical, revolutionary, activist Hip Hoppers Rodstarz and G1, two brothers known musically and in the movement as Rebel Diaz, were walking in the Bronx, NYC when they witnessed an all too common occurrence. Police officers from the 41st Precinct were in the middle of a sting against street vendors, aggressively confiscating the fruit and vegetables of a street vendor. What happened next was a mix of the sadly uncommon and the everyday threat that is faced in many of our communities. Rodstarz and G1 didn’t walk by quickly or quietly, watching their extended community being attacked. They approached the officers to ask why the vendor was being treated in that manner and asked for their badge numbers. The police, who aren’t exactly keen on the idea of being monitored by the very same community they allegedly serve, turned their aggressions on the duo. After beating them and arresting them in front of over a dozen witnesses, they were taken to the 41st Precinct.
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