BROOKLYN, NY, October 21 —“Justice for Kyam Livingston — killed in a Brooklyn cell” echoed outside the courthouse that holds the local Central Booking where Kyam Livingston was left to die in a jail cell. The crowd filled with anger demonstrated here, demanding justice and the names of the killer cops on duty who refused to help Kyam as she and other inmates cried for help.
The Justice for Kyam Livingston Committee will continue to be active and hold demonstrations on the 21st of each month — the day of the anniversary of her death. (More next issue.)
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PROVIDENCE, RI, October 29 — A multiracial crowd of anti-racist demonstrators booed the NYPD racist Police Commissioner Ray Kelly off the stage at Brown University here today, forcing the cancellation of his lecture on “Proactive Policing in America’s Biggest City.” Before his scheduled appearance, students and others marched outside the hall carrying signs that said “Stop police brutality” and “RAY [CIST] KELLY.” Inside the hall chants arose to “Stop stop-and-frisk,” alluding to the Mayor Bloomberg-Kelly racist policy of annually harassing hundreds of thousands black and Latino youth completely innocent of any wrongdoing.
“Residents of East Flatbush, Brownsville and East New York don’t feel safer than they did in 2001,” said Danny Echevarria, a Brown student from Brooklyn. “Instituting systematic racism in New York City is a disgrace,” another student chimed in. Another student rose to slam the NYPD and accused Kelly of discriminating against blacks and Muslims.”
Choi, a history major from the Maryland suburbs of Washington declared, “We do not at all support Ray Kelly’s stop-and-frisk policies and…want to stand in solidarity with communities the police have targeted.”Kelly had barely started speaking when chants filled the hall drowning him out. The protest continued for more than 20 minutes until Kelly fled the stage.