Tag: Civil Rights
On June 18, a disgraced Rikers commanding officer was sentenced to five years in prison for violating the Fourteenth Amendment right of a prisoner to receive attention for serious medical needs. Captain Terrence Pendergrass consciously allowed an inmate named Jason Echevarria to die after the patient poisoned himself. “A man died here, a 25-year-old man, […]
On Wednesday, a jury found former Rikers captain Terrence Pendergrass guilty of a civil rights violation in the death of an inmate two years ago. The New York Times reports that Pendergrass is the first officer to be tried for such a crime “in more than a decade.” He may serve up to 10 years […]
Photographer as well as rights advocate Shawn Nee was detained by members of the LAPD for allegedly “interfering” with an ongoing investigation by taking photos, but from over ninety-feet away. The above video thoughtfully illustrates how the public’s basic First Ammendment right to photograph police officers doing their job is continuously being impeded upon. It also […]
News Vines is our new reoccurring series in which we retell current events in six-seconds or less. In this edition, the Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional in a historic 5-4 ruling. News Vines: The Supreme Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional https://t.co/bD6TD7V34u — ANIMALNewYork (@ANIMALNewYork) June 26, 2013 […]
Last Saturday afternoon photographer, Shawn Randall Thomas was arrested for photographing a police station in Bushwick. Thomas was allegedly taking photos of the station for over an hour prior to his encounter with the frustrated police officer seen in the video below. Thomas says that he was unlawfully arrested and has filed a formal complaint against the […]
As Russian government just hit a new low in its systematic persecution of Russian LGBT citizens, Moscovites just hit a new low in its violent homophobia. The State Duma passed a notorious bill today that would punish any person or media company making information about the gay, bisexual and transgender community accessible to minors. That means […]
A new court filing by a group of civil rights lawyers alleges that the NYPD’s insistent focus on surveilling Muslims is in violation of a 1985 legal ruling. “There is substantial persuasive evidence that the defendants are conducting investigations into organizations and individuals associated with the Muslim faith and the Muslim community in New York, […]
