NYPD Inspector General Philip Eure published an 84-page report in June that exposed cracks in broken-windows policing. The group had plans to resume the occupation when City Hall Park reopened for the public Tuesday morning at 6. Millions March NYC has vowed "absolutely no cooperation with or involvement of NYPD" and "no closed-door discussions with politicians regarding #ShutdownCityHallNYC." The NYPD's first arrest warning, just after 11 p.m., prompted protesters to relocate, without arrests or injuries, to the privately owned West Plaza, a nearby public space that is open 24 hours.Īs the protestors avoided the NYPD's zipties, their optimistic chant evoked the words of rapper Kendrick Lamar, "We gon be alright, We gon be alright."
Officers patrolled the perimeter each carried dozens of plastic zip-ties - used instead of handcuffs during mass arrests - as the protest reached the park's midnight curfew. NYPD vehicles lined the streets, while empty Department of Corrections buses waited one block west on Church Street. Police surrounded the perimeter of the park and around other civil buildings in the immediate area with metal barricades earlier in the day. The omnipresent "No Justice, No Peace" protest slogan was often followed by the less-polite chant "Fuck the Police!"ĭespite the fairly confrontational message, Monday's protest proved peaceful with no arrests. The need for reform is a critical element of Millions March NYC's literature, which emphasizes that the group "will not be fooled or derailed by fake reforms like body cameras and so-called community policing, which further increase the budget and power of the racist and brutal NYPD." The hashtag #SHUTDOWNCITYHALLNYC proved more popular, trending with more than 14,000 tweets as of 11 p.m.Īt the protest, one prevalent sign declared: "Liberate New York City. Many of the protesters used their chants and posters to invoke names like Sandra Bland, Philando Castile and Akai Gurley - black men and women whose deaths at police hands over the years are at the heart of the Black Lives Matter Movement.ĭespite its name, Millions March NYC had just over a thousand people RSVP about their plans to attend the start of the City Hall Occupation on Monday. Orientation literature for the group calls the NYPD "racist, sexist, anti-queer," and "an occupying army that relentlessly targets, harasses, brutalizes, and murders black and brown people with impunity." Millions March NYC described itself as a multiracial grassroots collective of organizers "facing off w/largest paramilitary police force in Amerikkka". Others chanted: "NYPD, KKK, How many kids have you killed today?"Ī more syncopated refrain echoed: "Back up, back up, we want freedom, freedom! All these racist-ass cops? We don't need 'em, need 'em!" Just a short walk up Broadway from Zuccotti Park, where Occupy Wall Street began in 2011, several hundred gathered to champion these ideals with a feisty array of chants and posters. The group's third and final demand is to defund the NYPD's $5.5 billion budget and reallocate such funds "into black and brown communities." Millions March is also demanding financial reparations "for all survivors and victims of racist police brutality." He served as the Los Angeles police chief and the Boston police commissioner, as well. Louis and Houston that never adopted Bratton's methods.īratton had been police commissioner under the Republican Giuliani and came to office again in 2014 upon the election of Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Though New York City experienced a dramatic drop in crime during the early years of this strategy under then Mayor Rudy Giuliani, sociologists have long questioned whether Broken Windows deserved the credit. Wilson, the "broken windows" theory holds that clamping down on petty misdemeanors like graffiti, marijuana and public urination prevents more serious crimes. The city is expected to announce Bratton's resignation at noon today.īratton has since the 1990s touted a crime-fighting strategy called "broken windows," but this style of policing is another point of contention for Millions March.Ĭhampioned by sociologists George Kelling and James Q. The unexpected exit comes after hundreds rallied outside New York City Hall for the start of what has been billed as an Occupy-style protest against "racist police brutality."Ĭalling itself Millions March NYC, the group behind Monday's so-called occupation of the south end of City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan lists its No. MANHATTAN (CN) - Bill Bratton will tender his resignation Tuesday as commissioner of the New York City Police Department, officials say.