USA-POLICE/NYC PROTEST AERIALS Protesters against police violence march in New York

Record ID: 135891

  • Title: USA-POLICE/NYC PROTEST AERIALS Protesters against police violence march in New York
  • Date: 14th April 2015
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (APRIL 14, 2015) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS BEING ARRESTED THAT VENTURED ONTO ROADWAY OF BRIDGE PROTESTERS WATCHING FROM WALKING PATH MORE OF ARRESTED PROTESTERS WAITING TO BE PUT IN POLICE VANS
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: Protesters angered by fresh cases of police violence against unarmed black men in the United States marched across New York's Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday (April 14), hoping to invigorate a national discussion on the thorny issue.
    Some 250 placard-bearing activists organized by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network marched from Union Square to protest the latest incidents of violent police tactics used against minorities.
    At least nine people, some of whom appeared to be school-aged, were arrested following a brief scuffle with police after they crossed the bridge.
    Galvanizing their cause was the April 4 fatal shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man shot in the back by a white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina.
    The shooting was captured on video, and the officer has been charged with murder.
    Family members of several unarmed black or Hispanic men or boys who died in encounters with police called for more oversight.
    Last year, a tide of protests was inspired by a string of high-profile cases of black men losing their lives at the hands of white police officers.
    But the manifestations of indignation following the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York slowed to a standstill over the winter.
    Another group of protesters, led by Justice League NYC, have embarked on a 250-mile trek to Washington from New York City to demonstrate against police-related deaths.
    They are due to reach the National Mall on April 21.
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