Audit of Niskayuna police finds racial disparities in arrests, traffic stops, use of force
Advises better complaint and officer disciplinary systems, and body-worn cameras
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Emblem on a Niskayuna police car in Niskayuna Wednesday Feb. 20, 2013. (John Carl D Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D Annibale
NISKAYUNA – Black people were pulled over, arrested and subjected to the use of force at disproportionate levels to their percentage in both the town and the larger population, according to an audit of policies and practices related to racial issues involving the Niskayuna Police Department.
“The overarching salient point that you can take from this report is that the Niskayuna Police Department arrests a disproportionate number of Black people compared to the percentage that they make up of Niskayuna’s population,” Town Supervisor Yasmine Syed said Thursday.
Steve Braunias glowing tribute to Wilson Phillips third album
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Wilson Phillips singing trio Chynna Phillips, Carnie and Wendy Wilson. Photo / Getty Images Wilson Phillips! No, they re not really hot right now and, in the pantheon of girl bands, they weren t quite as successful as the Spice Girls, All Saints, Fifth Harmony, The Supremes, Destiny s Child, The Bangles, Little Mix, En Vogue, The Ronettes, Sister Sledge, Bananarama, The Veronicas or Black Pink, although in New Zealand they were up there with When the Cat s Away. But all I m listening to these days is one of their albums.
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Feb 12, 2021
Black History Month is a time to look back on all that Black people have contributed to America – but it’s also a great time to reflect on the impact of that history in the here and now. So this Black History Month, lend your ear to these four podcasts focused on important issues in the Black community today: financial freedom, the American justice system, mental health, and street activism around social and civil rights. These podcasts have it all, offering practical information and advice, incisive observations and insights, candid celebrity interviews, musical interludes, and much more to draw a straight line from the past to the present – and imagine a better future for us all.
around the anonymous ICE official whom the
Post quoted as saying theyve abolished ICE without abolishing ICE. You have to scroll toward the end of the
Post article to find the nugget about Black History Month, which reads as follows:
When ICE scheduled a deportation flight to Africa for earlier this month, lawyers and activist groups sent urgent requests to political appointees at the White House and DHS, asking them to intervene.
Their request asked for the administration to give the deportees more time to pursue humanitarian claims in immigration courts, noting that the flight to majority-Black countries had been scheduled during Black History Month, emails show. Within hours, the acting director of ICE wrote to senior staff, stopping the deportations.