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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A report issued by State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday concluded that, in 2021, former Spa City officials “implemented an unconstitutional official policy of retaliating against BLM protesters based on their speech.” James said, in the report, that “the sweeping arrests violated the police department’s written policies to protect protesters’ […]
Dozens gathered on the steps of Saratoga Springs City Hall on Thursday, where members of Saratoga Black Lives Matter reacted to the recent AG report.
Saratoga Springs Public Safety Commissioner Tim Coll issued a statement Tuesday evening blasting the state Attorney General’s Office report regarding the city police’s response to protests in 2021, which he said will be released Wednesday.
A report from the Attorney General said Saratoga Springs police arrested people on false charges and used intimidation to stop Black Lives Matter protestors.
Saratoga Springs City Officials and the police department violated the first amendment rights of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in 2021 and had an “official policy of retaliating” against BLM activists, the New York Attorney General’s Office writes in a scathing new 30-page report.