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When the 2020 Race Riots began, there were a few here who realized that this SRG unit would be, in the eyes of the Democrats and the Left, the ultimate "fall guy" for all things wrong with the NYPD, because of their specific job, that is, to suppress citywide riots in which the racial rioters committed mayhem, looting, and arson.
Now, however, the NYCLU has realized that the amount of "reparations" achieved during the riots by their "clients" wasn't enough, because of the efficiency of the SRG, since, had the SRG not been around, it would have been left to the totally undermanned Precincts to handle the riots which, of course, the Precincts could not do, leaving the "clients" to gather up more from a wider sector of stores.
So now the NYCLU wants to do away with the SRG (in anticipation of a Summer of 2023?)....
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Advocates critical of decision to postpone Council hearing on NYPD Strategic Response Group
Spectrum News Staff
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Advocates are speaking out after a City Council hearing on the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group scheduled for Monday was postponed.
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Micah Phillips of Crown Heights C.A.R.E. Collective joined NY1’s Dean Meminger to talk about SRG’s tactics and more.
According to Lieberman, the hearing isn’t happening because the NYPD allegedly refused to show up.
“We think the hearing should happen anyway,” she said. “It’s important for New Yorkers, over 100 of whom have lined up to testify tomorrow, gotten ready to testify about their experiences and the harm that SRG has caused.”
According to a City Council spokesperson the hearing has been moved to March 1 "without any further delay."
“This is an important topic and we are committed to ensuring the robust oversight New Yorkers deserve," a City Council spokesperson said in a statement.
The NYCLU is having a protest Monday morning on City Hall’s steps to demand transparency and accountability from the SRG.
Here's how the NYCLU really feels about the SRG Units, from a "field organizer," failing to mention the above-mentioned mayhem, looting, and arson (edited)....
The NYPD’s Strategic Response Group Must Be Disbanded
The whole thing....
Now, however, the NYCLU has realized that the amount of "reparations" achieved during the riots by their "clients" wasn't enough, because of the efficiency of the SRG, since, had the SRG not been around, it would have been left to the totally undermanned Precincts to handle the riots which, of course, the Precincts could not do, leaving the "clients" to gather up more from a wider sector of stores.
So now the NYCLU wants to do away with the SRG (in anticipation of a Summer of 2023?)....
ny1.com
Advocates critical of decision to postpone Council hearing on NYPD Strategic Response Group
Spectrum News Staff
1-2 minutes
Advocates are speaking out after a City Council hearing on the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group scheduled for Monday was postponed.
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Micah Phillips of Crown Heights C.A.R.E. Collective joined NY1’s Dean Meminger to talk about SRG’s tactics and more.
According to Lieberman, the hearing isn’t happening because the NYPD allegedly refused to show up.
“We think the hearing should happen anyway,” she said. “It’s important for New Yorkers, over 100 of whom have lined up to testify tomorrow, gotten ready to testify about their experiences and the harm that SRG has caused.”
According to a City Council spokesperson the hearing has been moved to March 1 "without any further delay."
“This is an important topic and we are committed to ensuring the robust oversight New Yorkers deserve," a City Council spokesperson said in a statement.
The NYCLU is having a protest Monday morning on City Hall’s steps to demand transparency and accountability from the SRG.
Here's how the NYCLU really feels about the SRG Units, from a "field organizer," failing to mention the above-mentioned mayhem, looting, and arson (edited)....
The NYPD’s Strategic Response Group Must Be Disbanded
Throughout the summer of 2020, I spent almost every day on the ground at protests, both as a monitor and a protester. During those months, I would come to experience nearly every one of the SRG’s tactics: from being pepper sprayed and beaten with batons, to being trapped by brigades of body armor-clad police with nowhere to run. And still, the violence that I experienced pales in comparison to the police’s disproportionate brutalization of Black and Brown protesters. Police treat them like enemy combatants instead of people protesting for their right to safety.
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