Saratoga Springs BLM leader, police respond to graphic comment to officer | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS – A Black Lives Matter activist told assembled media and onlookers this week that he found a police supervisor and the public safety commissioner’s recent comments “disgusting.”
That same activist then went inside City Hall and angrily told an officer to perform a sex act on him.
On Tuesday, after holding a press conference to criticize public remarks made by Assistant Police Chief John Catone and Public Safety Commissioner Robin Dalton, BLM activist Lexis Figuereo attended the City Council meeting.
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2of8Buy PhotoActivist Lexis Figuereo speaks as supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement hold a press conference outside city hall to talk about Saratoga Springs police blaming them for an uptick in violence in the city on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
BLM demonstrators in Saratoga Springs demand apology from assistant police chief, public safety commissioner | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS – Black Lives Matters activists took to the steps of City Hall to condemn public statements made by the assistant police chief and public safety commissioner, and they pledged to derail the latter’s bid for mayor.
About 90 minutes after the protest, several white supporters of BLM joined in the condemnation during Tuesday’s tense City Council meeting.
The activists, 34-year-old Lexis Figueroa, his sister, 25-year-old Chandler Hickenbottom, both of Saratoga Springs, and brother-sister duo TJ and Samira Sangara, 19 and 23, respectively, of Clifton Park, reacted strongly to the officials’ statements about a recent street brawl that resulted in a stabbing and gunshots fired.
Saratoga Springs Democratic candidates push back after accusatory press conference | The Daily Gazette
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June 29, 2021
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Democratic candidates for Saratoga Springs mayor and public safety commissioner on Tuesday said they thought a Monday press conference about a late-night fight on Caroline Street turned overtly political and failed to offer solutions to the city’s public safety challenges.
During Monday’s press conference, Assistant Police Chief John Catone, who is set to retire early next year, blamed racial justice activists and Democratic lawmakers for perpetuating a “narrative” that Saratoga police officers were racist.
While Catone did not specifically name any local politicians he felt were contributing to that narrative, he did say that some people running for public office had adopted a narrative that police were “racist killers who should be defunded.” At one point, Catone promised to draw on all of his
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