Jens Jebsen

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Up Close And Personal – At Smaller Actions BLM Necessity Comes Into Focus

By Jens Jebsen/BklynerBy the time the Black Lives Matter protestors set out for Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick on July 26, the temperature outside was in the upper nineties. Police tactics at the almost unanimously peaceful demonstrations in lower Manhattan the night before had escalated to kettling and violent

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Sisters With Purpose Making A Difference In Starrett City

EAST NEW YORK — On a Saturday morning in late June the line at the food pantry at the Brooklyn Sports Club in Spring Creek Towers, commonly known as Starrett City, was trailing around the block and doubling back in the parking lot. Susie Williams was near the entrance of the