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@isabelle_leyva
Jan 31, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Currently at the Grand Central Station #FTP protest. Police immediately began arresting anyone whose face was covered with no warning. Here’s a video i took at 5:10, 10 minutes after the protest began. @decolonize_this
To be clear, i have not witnessed a single act of violence against police. This was not provoked by any level of aggression (not that that matters)
Another angle. These people were NOT resisting. Image

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May 1
Arrests underway on 114th as NYPD clears protesters from the area surrounding campus. They’re shoving people into buildings and blocking the doors. NYPD has kicked all legal observers out of the area.
Army of police marching towards Amsterdam, featuring cops who are refusing to allow legal observers near police activity.
NYPD has entered campus. I have never seen this many police in my life
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Nov 14, 2023
Happening now: at least 2 arrests at tonight’s free Palestine protest in Staten Island.

The protest had already ended when the NYPD grabbed someone for arrest. Supposedly the arrest happened because this person put a sticker on the bus.
Hearing unconfirmed reports that the person arrested in the video above is 15 years old.
NYPD arresting a second protester minutes after the first arrest above. Again, the protest was already dispersing when NYPD escalated.

Please note the two cops who come into frame towards the end- one in a hoodie, one in a backwards cap.
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Oct 22, 2023
Last night, the NYPD attacked the Free Palestine protest in Bay Ridge, trapping protesters before beating, tackling, and arresting 19 non-violent protesters.

⬇️Thread with footage in order of events
The march stepped off at around 4PM and marched without incident for over 2 hours, despite heavy NYPD presence.

At around 6:30PM, the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group lined up blocking protesters from continuing the march.
More footage of the SRG blockade by @taliaotg here⬇️
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May 25, 2023
Yesterday, dozens of New Yorkers waited for 10+ hours to testify to City Council about the trauma that they’ve endured at the hands of the NYPD’s violent Strategic Response Group.

🧵Listen to community members tell you why the SRG must be disbanded.
Here’s a portion of my testimony, where I describe what I’ve seen while documenting NYPD conduct at protests over the last 3 years.
Klea describes the SRG’s aggression at a protest happening only a few blocks from City Hall *during* this hearing.

“They’re funding the SRG, they’re brutalizing communities of color, and they stand here, and they make us the last. This council needs to listen.”
Read 14 tweets
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May 8, 2023
At Broadway Lafayette, the station where Jordan Neely was murdered.

People have begun to gather for the scheduled 7PM vigil. Cops are watching the group.

A few minutes ago, a cop pointed out a protester to the white shirt in command, calling them an “agitator.”
I’ve counted 16 cops spread out in the station, including 6 officers standing very close to the crowd.

SRG is on standby close by⬇️

White Shirt Cheung taking his body cam off of its holster to film the group.

Keep in mind that the NYPD has released photos of protesters who they are working to identify related to Saturday’s action at this station.
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May 7, 2023
The unit that sent 3 people to the hospital yesterday, the SRG, should not exist.

The SRG was created for counter terror & is trained in military style crowd control. Advocates & community members have been calling for its disbandment. Help get the SRG off our streets🧵
The SRG was created in 2015 as a counter terror unit that would also police protests.

The unit is notoriously violent and is trained to target racial justice protesters. More background on what the srg is here ⬇️
So how do we disband the SRG, and what does that mean?

Advocates have been calling on @NYCCouncil to disband the SRG through the budget process by removing its estimated $133 Million in funds from the NYPD & reinvesting those funds into communities.

nyclu.org/sites/default/…
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