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NYCLU to Teach New York City Youth about their Rights During ‘Week of Action’

Posted on October 10, 2010 by iwilder

NEW PUBLICATION: Palm Card: Know Your Rights When Facing a Suspension (2010) (280.43 KB) On Tuesday10/12/10  through Friday10/15/10  next week, the New York Civil Liberties Union and its volunteers will visit public high schools in each New York City borough to inform students of their rights when confronted by police or military recruiters at school, […]

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In Far Rockaway Queens: Fatality as police question bicyclist

Posted on October 8, 2010 by kwilder

Note: In our hope for justice, we at onthewilderside feel that it is important to cover criminal justice incidents which result in significant harm or death for people dealing with law enforcement. It is unfortunate that there have been three such incidents in our area in the last week. Though, we feel each one of […]

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Suffolk County Police use taser on homeless man selling possibly stolen jewelry

Posted on October 6, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Long Island Press Homeless Man Tasered in Struggle With Suffolk Police By Timothy Bolger on October 6th, 2010 A 20-year-old homeless man…was Tasered on Tuesday while fighting with Suffolk County police who were attempting to arrest him for string of burglaries. A detective with the Property Recovery Unit was at Cash for Gold […]

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Nassau County jail: Man being held reported to have committed suicide

Posted on October 6, 2010 by kwilder

Update 10/28/2010: There has been another reported suicide at Nassau County Jail. The man’s name is Herve Jeannot. Story: here. Original post from 10/06/2010: An incident the community should be aware of. Hope it is investigated properly… (excerpt from) Long Island Press Cops: Robbery Suspect Committed Suicide at Nassau Jail By Timothy Bolger on October […]

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Guv cand Rich Whitney (G-IL) on the Blagojevich Verdict

Posted on August 23, 2010 by iwilder

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney reacted to the outcome of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s trial by calling for reform of the Illinois political system. For Whitney, the actions of Blagojevich are a result of a corrupt political system that fosters such behavior. He explained that Rod Blagojevich’s conduct is a symptom of a […]

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NYPD on Track to Interrogate Record Number of Innocent New Yorkers in 2010, New Stop-and-Frisk Numbers Show

Posted on August 12, 2010 by iwilder

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is on track to stop and interrogate a record number of totally innocent New Yorkers in 2010, according to police reports analyzed by the New York Civil Liberties Union. During the first half of 2010, police made more than 276,000 stops of completely innocent New Yorkers – the […]

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Woman dies in custody of Suffolk County police

Posted on August 9, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Long Island Press Full story: here. By Timothy Bolger on Aug 9th, 2010 Suffolk County police say a homeless woman who had been arrested for theft was found dead in a cell at the Fourth Precinct in Smithtown early Monday morning. A detention attendant was making a routine check at the stationhouse on […]

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NYCLU Applauds State Legislature for Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Posted on August 5, 2010 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today praised the State Legislature for including in the budget a provision that ends the practice of prison-based gerrymandering – inflating the population of electoral districts with prisons in them by counting incarcerated people where they are confined, not where they are from. NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said: […]

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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY): Overhaul Criminal Justice System, End Drug War, Help Solve Budget Deficit

Posted on July 16, 2010 by iwilder

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer […]

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Reflections on Marcelo Lucero and Jeffrey Conroy

Posted on May 30, 2010 by kwilder

A poem reflecting on the lives of the two men whose lives have been tied together by crime: Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorean immigrant, and Jeffrey Conroy, one of the young men recently sentenced in Marcelo Lucero’s murder. This is a poem by Maxwell Wheat, 2007-2009 Nassau County Poet Laureate.

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Tough situation: John White verdict

Posted on May 22, 2010 by kwilder

John White is a black homeowner from Long Island who was dealing with a mob of white teens allegedly spewing racial epithets outside his home. An appeals court upheld his manslaughter conviction in the death of one of the teens.

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In Columbia: 1,500 police arrest 160 fans at Metallica Concert

Posted on March 14, 2010 by kwilder

KW: Not sure what to say, or who to blame about all this, but it is a strange and unsettling story. Perhaps a lesson in de-militarization of the police. Check out the water-gun tanks (used on unruly music fans)… (excerpt from) Spin …Rumors of fans crashing the gig had circulated on Facebook prior to the […]

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Action Alert: Stop execution of Henry Skinner in Texas

Posted on March 12, 2010 by kwilder

Update! March 24, 2010: Execution delayed by Supreme Court. News story: here. Check on updates with anti-death penalty group: here. The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty [NCADP] urges you to continue Shouting From the Rooftops about the possibility that we’ve executed innocent people in this country. Part of that work also means Shouting […]

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Spurred by Sean Bell case, NYCLU forces NYPD to release Race Data of People Shot At

Posted on December 23, 2009 by iwilder

A State Supreme Court judge has ordered the NYPD to turn over to the New York Civil Liberties Union data concerning the race of all people who were shot at by police officers between 1997 and 2006. The NYCLU launched a concerted effort to obtain information on police shootings after NYPD officers shot and killed […]

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