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Saratoga Springs activists are reacting to a new report from the state attorney general that finds Black Lives Matter demonstrators’ civil rights were violated by city leadership and police.
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A long-awaited report from the New York State Attorney General’s Office finds the Saratoga Springs police department and former city officials violated the constitutional rights of Black Lives Matter demonstrators over a two-year period.
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As the New York State Attorney General investigates Saratoga Springs’ interactions with Black Lives Matter protesters and potential misuses of police authority, the city has released documents detailing former officials’ attempts to monitor BLM organizers.
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Saratoga Black Lives Matter co-founder Lex Figuereo has filed a federal lawsuit against several Saratoga County and former city officials over alleged misconduct during a 2020 rally on Broadway.
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A prominent Capital Region Black Lives Matter activist has been arrested for driving while intoxicated and other violations, according to New York State Police.
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A moment aimed at unity in Saratoga Springs today instead brought criticism from Black Lives Matter activists who, after pushing for a Juneteenth flag-raising event, say their desires weren’t met.
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The Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Public Safety defended himself Tuesday hours after a prominent Black Lives Matter activist appeared in court upon his request.
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Over objections from the mayor and rest of the all-Democratic city council, a Saratoga Springs city official is taking action against a Black Lives Matter activist after two recent city council meetings were disrupted. It comes as the city changes the format of council meetings in an attempt to control conversation.
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On May 25, 2020, the world was indelibly changed by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country’s broken system of policing.But behind a face that would be graffitied onto countless murals, and a name that has become synonymous with civil rights, there is the reality of one man’s stolen life: a life beset by suffocating systemic pressures that ultimately proved inescapable.Placing George Floyd’s narrative within the larger context of America’s enduring legacy of institutional racism, the new book: His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, is a landmark biography by prizewinning Washington Post reporters, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa. Olorunnipa joins us.
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Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen has appealed a city judge’s decision last month to dismiss charges against a prominent Capital Region activist stemming from a protest in Saratoga Springs last summer.