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Jun
15
Black Transgender Lives Matter Rally Gathered Thousands In Brooklyn Yesterday

Black Transgender Lives Matter Rally Gathered Thousands In Brooklyn Yesterday

Photo via David L. Bowles, @aquanasium [https://www.instagram.com/aquanasium/], with permission.PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Thousands of people in masks
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Jun
12
Power. Courage. Strength: Hercules Reid On What His Blackness Means To Him

Power. Courage. Strength: Hercules Reid On What His Blackness Means To Him

Photo via Hercules Reid.EAST FLATBUSH – Hercules Reid, 27, is not a native Brooklynite. He was born and raised upstate
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Jun
10
Gareth Bryant On Being A Black Muslim Man In America

Gareth Bryant On Being A Black Muslim Man In America

Photo via Gareth Bryant.BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Gareth Bryant has been on Earth for 38 years thus far. In these 38
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Jun
08
Helping Where You Live – People In Need Helping Others

Helping Where You Live – People In Need Helping Others

Nowshin Ali at the Home Depot. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission)FLATBUSH/KENSINGTON – There’s
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Jun
05
Jamel Floyd Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed In Brooklyn Prison

Jamel Floyd Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed In Brooklyn Prison

Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Brooklynites marched 14 blocks yesterday to demand justice for Jamel Floyd,
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Jun
04
Muslims Against Police Brutality Protest: Bay Ridge To Barclays Center

Muslims Against Police Brutality Protest: Bay Ridge To Barclays Center

Photo via Najm Designs Photography, with permission.BAY RIDGE – Three hours, seven miles, and 23,000 steps. That is how
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Jun
04
‘Unprovoked Attack’ Leaves Two Police Officers Shot, One Stabbed & Suspect In Critical Condition

‘Unprovoked Attack’ Leaves Two Police Officers Shot, One Stabbed & Suspect In Critical Condition

Photo: Hillel Lash/BklynerFLATBUSH – Two officers were shot, one was stabbed, and the suspect was also shot in an “unprovoked
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Jun
03
Muslims Giving Back Feeds The Protestors & Fights For Justice

Muslims Giving Back Feeds The Protestors & Fights For Justice

MGB volunteers giving out water and falafel sandwiches. (Photo via Mohamed Bahe, with permission)BARCLAYS CENTER – Muslims Giving Back (MGB)
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Jun
03
Central Brooklyn Congressional Candidates (NY-9) on Protests

Central Brooklyn Congressional Candidates (NY-9) on Protests

Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – on May 29. By Adrian Childress/BklynerBROOKLYN – The race for Congressional District 9 that represents Brooklyn
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Jun
02
‘It’s A Few Bad Apples’: Black Men Murdered By Police Isn’t A Race Issue, Brooklyn Cop Says

‘It’s A Few Bad Apples’: Black Men Murdered By Police Isn’t A Race Issue, Brooklyn Cop Says

Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – The murder of George Floyd, an innocent Black man, by a
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