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Attend NYC ISO's "Why Is NYPD Violence on the Rise?" Tomorrow Night

Nora Whelan

May 13, 2013 — 1 min read

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The NYC International Socialist Organization will be holding Why Is NYPD Violence on the Rise?, a discussion about police brutality, tomorrow night at the Flatbush Reformed Church (890 Flatbush Ave. on the corner of Church Ave.) at 7pm. Speakers will include:

Natasha Davis, sister of Shantel Davis
Thenjiwe McHarris, anti-police brutality activist
Evangeline Byars, activist at Medgar Evers College
Gina Sartori (see interview with Natasha Davis above), Shantel Davis Organizing Committee and ISO member

To learn more, visit Justice for Shantel Davis and No Justice, No Peace: Families of police brutality victims speak out.

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