Justice Committee Statement on the Killing of Akai Gurley and Assault of Donovan Lawson
The recent NYPD killing of 28-year-old #AkaiGurley in East New York and beating of 20-year-old #DonovanLawson in Bushwick speaks to the desperate need in New York City to completely #changetheNYPD. Continuing to ignore the fact that the problem with the NYPD is both systemic and cultural, referring to killings and beatings as accidents or isolated cases of "bad seed" cops, and proposing band-aid solutions like more training, adds insult to injury and maintains New York City a
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