Aug 21, 2019 1 min [CBS] NYPD Supervisor Of Pantaleo Won’t Stand Trial, Loses 20 Vacation Days As Punishment Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, called for further justice for her son following the firing of Pantaleo on Monday.
May 17, 2019 1 min [Gothamist] NYPD Lieutenant Texted 'Not A Big Deal' On The Day Eric Garner Died Loyda Colon, Co-Director of the Justice Committee, reflected the emotion inside the trial room. “It's a big deal to his family..."
May 13, 2019 1 min [Gothamist] Admin Trial Begins For NYPD Officer Accused Of Using Illegal Chokehold To Kill Garner Pantaleo and other officers who engaged in misconduct related to Eric Garner should have been fired years ago,” said Loyda Colon
Apr 29, 2019 1 min [Patch] NYPD Blowing Off 'Right To Know' Laws, Advocates Say "The NYPD is still conducting illegal searches, is still coercing community members into agreeing searches, is still intimidating our com...
Apr 24, 2019 1 min [NewNowNext] A Queer Black Man Was Killed by the NYPD—and His Community Wants Answers More than a week after police shot and killed a queer black man in the Bronx, a grieving community has been left searching for answers. M...
Apr 9, 2019 1 min [Times Union] Activists, lawmakers push to repeal 50-a at Capitol Lawmakers, activists and families impacted by violent encounters with the police gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to push for a repeal ...
Apr 9, 2019 1 min [NY Law Journal] State Lawmakers Press for Reforms Aimed at Police Accountability, Transparency Lawmakers and advocates rally in Albany for a set of reforms related to information on law enforcement. Read More
Apr 9, 2019 1 min [El Diario] Piden pasar ley ‘Safer NY’ como parte de la reforma judicial En la demostración también participaron familiares de víctimas de brutalidad policial como Valerie Bell, madre de Sean Bell, muerto a man...
Apr 9, 2019 1 min [Daily News] Advocates and lawmakers rally to repeal law that lets cops hide misbehavior A group of lawmakers and activists, including the mother of Sean Bell, rallied Tuesday for the full repeal of section 50-a of the state’s...
Apr 9, 2019 1 min [Spectrum News] Community Members Rally for Police Reform at State Capitol At the state Capitol, more than two dozen community members and legislators gathered outside the Senate chambers Tuesday to rally in favo...
Apr 4, 2019 1 min [Gothamist] "Our eyes do not lie. The autopsy did not lie. This was a chokehold, plain and simple." In a statement, Loyda Colon, co-director of the Justice Committee, said: "Our eyes do not lie. The autopsy did not lie. This was a chokeh...
Mar 21, 2019 1 min [AP] NYC settles with mother of man killed by police New York City has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to the mother of a mentally ill man who was fatally shot by police in 2012. Mohamed Bah...
Feb 8, 2019 1 min [reason.com] New York Police Killed Her Son, Then Refused to Answer Her Questions. NYPD officer Richard Haste had followed Malcolm's son, 18-year-old Ramarley Graham into Graham's apartment, believing he had a gun, and f...
Jan 27, 2019 1 min [The New York Times] Police Union Criticized for Comparing Arrested N.F.L. Player to ‘Wild Animal’ Loyda Colon, a co-director of the Justice Committee, a police-reform group, said in a statement that the rhetoric of the union leaders en...
Jan 17, 2019 1 min [Metro] NYPD organized 'large scale' Black Lives Matter surveillance and kept activist photos years Loyda Colon, co-director of Justice Committee and Communities United for Police Reform, said in a statement that the committee condemns a...
