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Rev Al Sharpton delivers powerful eulogy at Jordan Neely’s funeral: ‘They put their arms around all of us’

‘Jordan was screaming for help. We keep criminalising people with mental illness,’ Rev Sharpton said

The Independent UK

Sharpton questions NYPD’s response to subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely at Harlem funeral service

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a fiery call for justice Friday as family, friends and total strangers packed a Harlem church for a heartfelt farewell to subway chokehold victim Jordan Neely.

Tribune News Service

Jordan Neely was ‘screaming for help’, Al Sharpton says in funeral eulogy

Veteran civil rights activist says ‘what happened to Jordan was a crime’ as mourners gather to remember man, 30, killed on subway

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Scoop: Inside the Biden split with NY Mayor Eric Adams

Adams was dropped from Biden a 2024 campaign advisory board before it was announced recently.

Axios

Protests in New York over chokehold killing of homeless man on the subway

Protesters have gathered in New York City after a Black homeless man was choked to death on the subway by an army veteran.

Evening Standard

Man dies after being placed in a chokehold by a subway rider

The choking death of a man with apparent mental illness in the New York subway was setting off powerful reactions Thursday, with some calling the chokehold a homicide and others defending the passenger's action as a defense against disorder

The Independent UK

Outrage builds as death of homeless New York subway rider placed in chokehold ruled a homicide

Jordan Neely died after being restrained by other passengers during an apparent mental health episode.

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Man killed on NYC subway after being placed in chokehold by passengers

A man who had been shouting at people aboard a New York City subway train died after fellow riders tackled him and one put him in a chokehold that lasted until his body went limp, according to police officials and video of the encounter.

France 24

Outrage in New York after the killing of Jordan Neely on a subway train

The attack on Monday has been called a semi-sanctioned vigilante response to homelessness and the mental health crisis

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris rails against gun violence, attacks on democracy in NYC speech

NEW YORK — Vice President Harris railed against gun violence and attacks on democracy in a New York City speech Friday before activists and elected officials at the National Action Network.

Tribune News Service

Brittney Griner makes appearance at Rev. Al Sharpton event

WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner made a surprise appearance Friday at a women’s empowerment luncheon held during the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in New York City

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner makes surprise NYC appearance, vows to fight for 'every American detained overseas’

WNBA star Brittney Griner showed up without notice at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s annual convention in Manhattan on Thursday, marking her first public appearance in New York since her release from a Russian prison.

Tribune News Service

Watch again: Families of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Tyre Nichols meet Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump

Watch again as the families of George Floyd, Tyre Nichols and Eric Garner held a meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton and Ben Crump on Wednesday, 12 April.

The Independent UK

Sharpton invokes Donald Trump’s call for death penalty in the Central Park Five wrongful conviction

NEW YORK — In a fiery Saturday address, the Rev. Al Sharpton invoked ex-President Donald Trump’s call for the death penalty in the Central Park Five case — noting the Manhattan mogul will appear in the same courthouse where the exonerated defendants were found guilty.

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg inundated with racist emails, death threats amid Trump indictment

NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been inundated with racist death threats amid his office’s historic indictment of former President Donald Trump, The New York Daily News has learned.

Salon

Central Park 5 member hits back at Trump

Trump called to bring back the death penalty for Central Park 5 — and never apologized when they were cleared

WEKU

Al Sharpton to focus on police mental health response after Irvo Otieno's death

Irvo Otieno was killed in custody earlier this month at a psychiatric hospital while experiencing mental health distress. Reverend Al Sharpton says this has to be a turning point.

The Independent UK

Remembrances, calls for reform at Irvo Otieno's funeral

Family, friends and other mourners gathered at a Virginia church to remember Irvo Otieno at a funeral service

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The fight for control of school boards, April runoff races heat up and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The Independent UK

Sharpton to speak at funeral of man pinned down by deputies

The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of a 28-year-old Black man who died after he was pinned to the floor by seven sheriff’s deputies and several others while he was being admitted to a mental hospital in Virginia

Salon

Experts beg Trump lawyer: "Stop talking"

Attorney Joe Tacopina's media appearances over the weekend may have opened a "huge can of worms" for Trump

Chicago Sun-Times

Rev. Al Sharpton joins Brandon Johnson at get-out-the-vote rally in West Garfield Park

Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson were invited to the rally. Sharpton didn’t endorse Johnson, but he told the crowd to ‘let the record show who showed up’ to the event.

Tribune News Service

Sharpton blasts Trump for posting photo showing him wielding a baseball bat directed at Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

NEW YORK — An outraged Rev. Al Sharpton blasted former President Donald Trump for his baseball-bat wielding social media post aimed at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Tribune News Service

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, a 'careful lawyer,' poised to bring charges against Trump

Weeks into his new job as Manhattan district attorney last year, Alvin Bragg faced a firestorm: Two senior prosecutors heading the office’s four-year investigation of Donald Trump wanted an immediate indictment of the former president.

Tribune News Service

FDNY firehouses still ‘hostile’ to firefighters of color despite years of civil rights litigation, Vulcan Society president says

NEW YORK — The head of the city’s Black firefighters group bashed the FDNY for not making significant progress in creating a “less hostile” atmosphere at firehouses — despite changes required by a groundbreaking civil rights lawsuit.

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