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2 Months Later After Floyd’s Murder, Hamden Rally Keeps The Message Alive

by Ko Lyn Cheang | Jul 25, 2020 9:49 pm | Comments (8)

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Shana Jackson.

Hamden mother Shana Jackson watched in horror as she saw Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of a suffocating George Floyd, one hand in his pocket. The policeman’s posture reminded her of the way a hunter stands over their dead prey.

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State House Passes Cop Accountability Bill

by Thomas Breen | Jul 24, 2020 10:45 am | Comments (29)

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State Reps. Toni Walker (center), Robyn Porter (right) after vote.

The recent Black Lives Matter protests bore their first legislative fruits Friday as the state House of Representatives, with New Haven lawmakers playing a leading role, passed a bill to make officers more accountable for harming civilians.

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Cop Facebook Posts Raise Eyebrows

by Thomas Breen | Jul 22, 2020 6:48 pm | Comments (100)

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Recent Facebook posts by Officer Jason Bandy (below).

City cop Jason Bandy wants the public to know that lying politicians exaggerated the impact of Covid-19 in order to crack down on individual freedom.

And that the media ignore elite-run child sex trafficking rings connected to the Vatican and CIA. And that one Black female Democratic Congresswoman is ​“trash,” while another should be ​“lock[ed] up.”

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Adults Walk The Anti-Violence Talk

by Maya McFadden | Jul 21, 2020 10:25 am | Comments (4)

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Britton “Braggin Rights” Braggs noticed Darnell, 14, and James, 11, sitting on their bikes in front of Winchester Avenue’s B&K Grocery.

“You heard about these people getting hurt out here with guns?” the Newhallville-raised rapper asked the boys. They nodded. “We’re walking because we want kids like you guys to be safe,” Braggs said.

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Why We Put Up The Sign

by Alan Lovins | Jul 15, 2020 12:25 pm | Comments (1)

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Trish Loving & Alan Lovins.

(Opinion) One Saturday morning I was teaching a small group at my synagogue, Beth El-Keser Israel. During the sabbath service, this group comes together to learn prayers and the Bible.

I don’t remember what the subject was, but I recounted a story from my childhood. I said, ​“When I was little, my mother said if I ever got lost, I should find a policeman and ask for his or her help. The policeman is your friend.”

A Black member of the congregation looked and me and said, ​“That’s not what my mother told me!”

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Deerhoof & Wadada Leo Smith Play Sound Of The Street

by Brian Slattery | Jul 7, 2020 9:19 am | Comments (1)

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Smith.

The full band comes out charging with a monstrous beat, a trumpet line slashing through it all. Then the band takes it all apart. Guitar and trumpet jab at each other, then wail across the room at each other as the band pounds back into the rhythm. It’s ferocious playing for a ferocious time, and it’s the product of an instantly galvanizing pairing of San Francisco-based experimental punks Deerhoof and New Haven-based creative music titan Wadada Leo Smith.

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Over 100 March For Independence For All

by Thomas Breen | Jul 4, 2020 7:19 pm | Comments (34)

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Marching on Saturday. Below: An American flag with the faces of Black men and women killed by the police.

Over 100 young people from throughout the county marched and rallied downtown to ​“cancel” Independence Day as it currently exists.

They argued that true freedom for all Americans won’t come through fireworks or backyard barbecues — but rather through protest, political advocacy, and an honest reckoning with this country’s history of oppression.

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Photographer Chronicles The City’s Upheaval

by Brian Slattery | Jul 1, 2020 10:48 am | Comments (1)

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During the removal of the statue of Christopher Columbus in Wooster Square on June 24, there was a moment that crystallized what it was all about. As city workers secured the ropes around the statue to lift it off its pedestal, it occurred to a few in the crowd that it looked a lot like a lynching, and in that visual echo, they found some restitution.

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Call For Art On Black Lives Matter For City Hall

by Staff | Jun 29, 2020 10:48 am | Comments (11)

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Artwork would be displayed in the first floor windows around the Amistad Memorial (pictured).

The City of New Haven Department of Arts Culture and Town Green Special Services District are seeking a New Haven-based artist or artists to design temporary, two-dimensional artwork for display on windows of City Hall next to the Amistad Memorial at 165 Church St. Artwork should reflect the importance of black and brown lives, influences and culture on our New Haven communities.

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Sit-In Brings A “King” To Light

by Brian Slattery | Jun 26, 2020 12:22 pm | Comments (15)

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On Friday morning a display appeared in front of the pedestal that until two days earlier held up the statue of Christopher Columbus in Wooster Square

It was put there shortly after 10 a.m. by Malcolm Welfare, Ricquel Pratt, and Steve Nardini of the Lineage Group. Within minutes of the display appearing, passersby stopped to check it out. There, they learned about William Lanson, a Black engineer and entrepreneur who, in the 19th century, escaped from slavery to become a pioneer in the city’s development.

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From Ferguson To New Haven

by Emily Hays | Jun 25, 2020 2:21 pm | Comments (2)

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Citywide Youth Coalition Executive Director Addys M. Castillo dances at a Juneteenth protest and celebration.

The difference between a month of protests and the spark for lasting change lies in the organizing and infrastructure behind the protests.

So said veteran St. Louis-based activist Jamala Rogers, as she joined a radio discussion with a new generation of social-justice organizers about links between protests past and present.

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Hill South Seeks CMT Rep To Civilian Review Board

by Emily Hays | Jun 25, 2020 11:35 am | Comments (0)

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Recent demonstration, like hte one pictured, have featured calls for movement on seating the new civilian review board.

Hill South neighbors want someone on the Civilian Review Board who understands their perspectives and is easy to communicate with.

To several on the Hill South Community Management Team, that means the CRB needs a member who attends their meetings.

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