Submitted by Dr. John S. Walker on Fri, 2017-11-03 05:05
From the "Preface" to A Brief On The Proposal for a Civilian Review Board for the City of Rochester Police Department (May 2014):
Though not in its complete form this proposal is not to be considered a legal document, we have no legal precedents. However, once completed and approved by the United Christian Leadership Ministry, here in, referred to as UCLM, and the people, it will stand the test of legal scrutiny by it being a practical document when viewed from the standpoint of recommendations and implementation.
Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Wed, 2017-10-25 15:51
From "Article 1 Purpose of Agreement" found in Agreement between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, 1999 - 2001:
The purpose of this Agreement is to provide orderly collective bargaining relations between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, Inc., to secure prompt and equitable disposition of grievances, and to establish fair wages, hours and working conditions for the employees covered by this Agreement.
Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Tue, 2017-10-24 21:56
From the "Abstract" of The Case for an Independent Police Accountability System: Transforming the Civilian Review Process in Rochester, New York (Feb. 2017):
Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Tue, 2017-10-24 15:13
From the "Forward" of the Final Report of the Citizen's Committee on Police Affairs (1976):
This is the Report of the Citizens Committee on Police Affairs. It is the product of the work of fifteen persons appointed by the Honorable Thomas P. Ryan, Jr., Mayor of the City of Rochester, New York and the Rochester City Council.
The Committee was specifically charged to study and evaluate:
a. The policy and procedures of the Rochester Police Department in regard to responding to crisis calls;
Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Sat, 2017-09-16 09:30
This is the Field Training and Evaluation Manual for the Rochester Police Department. The City of Rochester's Freedom Of Information Law department responded to Rochester Indymedia's request for this manual on November 9, 2016.
What if they gave an antiwar press conference and nobody came? Well, that's what happened July 22 2017. Local Antiwar groups International Action Center, United National Antiwar Coalition and Peace Action & Education released the following press release:
Five years ago, then-mayor Thomas Richards announced a grandiose project for the University of Rochester-Strong neighborhood. It was going to be an eco-friendly project with green spaces, a transit hub, a book store and most importantly for the neighborhood, a grocery store. Wegmans supermarkets had closed their store on the location several years prior.
June 22, 2017 the same day Republicans unveiled their secretly written plan to replace Obamacare, a group was waiting to greet it with opposition. Indivisible, a group formed to explicitly oppose the Trump agenda was organizing an orderly visit to the local office of Senator Charles Schumer (D)NY to encourage and support his opposition to the Republican Act. About 25 people were present on notice of only a few hours.
Submitted by Anthony J. Plonczynski-Figueroa, Leader of the 21st LD and Vice-Chair of Sheppard for Mayor on Mon, 2017-04-03 12:55
This is a response from Anthony J. Plonczynski-Figueroa, leader of the 21st LD and Vice-Chair of Sheppard for Mayor, to our feature The Reinvention of Jim Sheppard and the Rise of the New Jim Crow. Neither piece should be read as a Rochester Indymedia endorsement of either campaign. -Ed.
Submitted by SusanGalloway on Fri, 2017-03-24 15:40
On Thursday evening, two women and 5 children were stopped by Genesseo police for a minor traffic violation. The police, rather than handle the traffic violation as a what it was, called Border Patrol. The women and children were detained for 3 hours at the side of the road. The children and mothers were separated including a 2 month old US citizen, who was denied nutrition because of separation. The mother wanted to leave the children who are US citizens with the pastor, but the border patrol took the children into custody despite the mothers’ requests.
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