Saturday, August 23, 2014


Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Attending Rally on Staten Island
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Speaker @MMViverito @@HelenRosenthal @cmlauriecumbo @cmenchaca await beginning of protest march on Staten Island.
 
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Live Coverage of Eric Garner Rally on Staten Island

Protesters are marching against aggressive policing following the death of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold during an arrest. Follow live coverage of the march.
As marchers prepared in Brooklyn Saturday for a demonstration over the death of a man in police custody, Shannon Ryan, back right, a member of the teachers’ union, supported the police.
Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
As marchers prepared in Brooklyn Saturday for a demonstration over the death of a man in police custody, Shannon Ryan, back right, a member of the teachers’ union, supported the police.
New York City labor unions face a backlash from the police union as well as some of their own members for participating in a march protesting the death of a black man in police custody.

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