Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Calendar
  • About Us
  • Watch/Listen
  • FOIL Docs
  • Editorial Policy
  • Log in
  • Publish Article

Upcoming Events

No upcoming calendar events.

Protest / Resistance

Primary tabs

  • View(active tab)
  • Devel

Youth Sports Leagues, Personnel Files, and Journalistic Peddling of Copaganda

Submitted by robertmeek on Thu, 2020-09-24 11:05

During a summer of citizens uprising against the racist Rochester Police Department, as well as against police departments across the world, Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle is demonstrating whose side they are on. On Aug. 22, Rochester's only daily circulated newspaper published a story by James Johnson on two youth sports organizations who reached out to, rather than turned their backs on, RPD officers.

  • Read more about Youth Sports Leagues, Personnel Files, and Journalistic Peddling of Copaganda
  • Log in or register to post comments

Local Rally in support of US Postal Service

Submitted by Al Brundage on Mon, 2020-08-24 22:36

A crowd of about 45 people met on Saturday morning, August 22 2020 in front of the Metro Post Office on West Main Street to show their support for the US Postal Service. The event coincided with three others in Monroe County and over 800 nationwide.

Speaking was Jeremy Cooney, candidate for New York State Senate in district 56.

President Donald Trump's hand-picked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is accused of intentionally sabotaging the Postal Service to make it more difficult to cast ballots by mail in the upcoming election.

 

  • Read more about Local Rally in support of US Postal Service
  • Log in or register to post comments

150 March for Peace on 9-11

Submitted by AlBrundage on Thu, 2019-09-12 23:50

 


Gandhi March and Speeches 2019 09 11

 

  • Read more about 150 March for Peace on 9-11
  • Log in or register to post comments

Press Release: The Police Accountability Board Alliance Strongly Opposes City Council’s Proposed Changes to the PAB Legislation (April 16, 2019)

Submitted by R-IMC on Thu, 2019-05-23 22:05

A press release for a press conference from the Police Accountability Board Alliance after being told by Council members that the legislation released in January would be amended.

 

  • Read more about Press Release: The Police Accountability Board Alliance Strongly Opposes City Council’s Proposed Changes to the PAB Legislation (April 16, 2019)
  • Log in or register to post comments

Press Statement from the Police Accountability Board Alliance (Sept. 17, 2018)

Submitted by R-IMC on Tue, 2018-09-25 11:49

The Police Accountability Board Alliance made the statement below on September 17, 2018 after reviewing the draft ordinance released by Rochester City Council:

Rochester City Council shared a draft of legislation for a Rochester Police Accountability Board with the Alliance recently. However, City Council’s draft fails to establish the five essential pillars of accountability that the Alliance has been demanding. The five essential pillars for an effective Police Accountability Board are:

  • Read more about Press Statement from the Police Accountability Board Alliance (Sept. 17, 2018)
  • Log in or register to post comments

Rochester Rallies Against Judge Kavanaugh

Submitted by AlBrundage on Sun, 2018-08-26 23:27

 

 

Rochester rally against Kavanaugh

  • Read more about Rochester Rallies Against Judge Kavanaugh
  • Log in or register to post comments

The Spoils of FOIL

Submitted by David Roth, Esq. (Roth & Roth, LLP) & Robert Freeman (Executive Director, State of New York Committee for Open Government) on Mon, 2018-05-14 11:57

A guide to Freedom Of Information Law (FOIL) requests in New York State.

The Spoils of FOIL, NYSTLI 02-24-16.pdf

PDF icon The Spoils of FOIL, NYSTLI 02-24-16.pdf

  • Read more about The Spoils of FOIL
  • Log in or register to post comments

RECOMMENDED CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD (revised and updated, Oct. 2017)

Submitted by PABOC Ordinance Revision Committee on Sat, 2017-12-09 08:42

The Ordinance Revision Committee of the Police Accountability Board Organizing Committe spent the month of October in 2017 revising and strengthening the ordinance found in the second half of the report "The Case for an Independent Police Accountability System: Transforming the Civilian Review Process in Rochester, New York" co-authored by Barbara Lacker-Ware and Theodore Forsyth. The ordinance below should be replace the ordinance in the February 2017 report.

  • Read more about RECOMMENDED CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD (revised and updated, Oct. 2017)
  • Log in or register to post comments

Final Report of the Citizen's Committee on Police Affairs (1976)

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;

  • Read more about Final Report of the Citizen's Committee on Police Affairs (1976)
  • Log in or register to post comments

PATHWAYS TO BETTER POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN ROCHESTER (2004)

Submitted by Rochester Indymedia on Tue, 2017-10-24 14:38

From the "Summary" of PATHWAYS TO BETTER POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN ROCHESTER (2004):

  • Read more about PATHWAYS TO BETTER POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN ROCHESTER (2004)
  • Log in or register to post comments

Pages

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • next ›
  • last »
Subscribe to RSS - Protest / Resistance

Search form

Local News

Hats off to Kropotkin!!
Agreement between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, 2016 - 2019
Facebook Posts Lead to Federal Rioting Charges for Justice for Daniel Prude Protester
Youth Sports Leagues, Personnel Files, and Journalistic Peddling of Copaganda
Behind Those Giant Messages at the Protests
Singletary, La'Ron (2020 fired Chief of Police): personnel file; settlement
Mazzeo, Michael; personnel file
Justice For Daniel Prude - 12th night (Sept 13)
Justice for Daniel Prude: Activists achieve major gains, push for more
Local Rally in support of US Postal Service
'Agitators', Family Dollar, and a rip-off at half the price
Federal Consent Decree Ordering Racial Integration of RPD
Shooting Case Clearance in Rochester, NY Working Paper 2018-07
Importance of State Law in Police Reform
The Police Advisory Board and the CRB: an analysis
Keyoni Adams tells her story of police violence
Judge on gun case: no body-worn camera footage, no probable cause, case dismissed
This year's RCSD budget crisis can be traced back to the absurd process that "balanced" last year's budget
It’s not over for Benny Warr
Critique of a Yellowish Piece of "Journalistic" - Trash

Recent Comments

Media's Goebbels
Related
Related
USA as NAZI criminals
oops
PS
A message of Truth from Geral
Fyi
See related data...
War

Syndication

  • Feature Stories
  • Local News

Account Creation Policy Change

Rochester Indymedia is now requiring editor approval for account creation.

We came to this decision after we had repeated spam posted to our website that caused difficulty with the website's functioning.  We will still have open publishing and keep our site as nonrestrictive and accessible as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.  As before, we will continue to be Rochester's grassroots news and education site.  Thank you for your continued support and remember, "Don't hate the media, be the media!"

Editorial Meeting Times / Locations

The Rochester Independent Media Center (R-IMC) is no longer meeting regularly.
We will set up meetings by necessity and appointment. Please contact us at rochesterindymedia@rocus.org.
Our home is still the Flying Squirrel Community Space at 285 Clarissa St. Occasionally, we hold meetings at RCTV located at 21 Gorham Street.

Global IMC Network

To be downloaded