NYPD agrees to reform protest responses following 2020 demonstrations in a ‘landmark’ accord
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 5, 2023
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A protester is arrested on New York's Fifth Avenue by NYPD officers during a 2020 march, following the death of George Floyd.
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The New York Attorney General, the Legal Aid Society, and the New York Civil Liberties Union announced what they called a “landmark agreement” with the New York Police Department that “significantly reforms” the department’s policing of protests to protect “the public and members of . . .