City Council might amend it’s Police Accountability Board proposal to allow former law enforcement officers to serve as members, and a group of Rochester clergy are speaking out against that idea. Members of the Roc/ACTS Religious Leaders Caucus gathered at Baber African Methodist Episcopal Church on Meigs Street this afternoon and called on City Council […]
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Urban Action 11/1
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Activists host discussion of justice issues The advocacy group Roc/ACTS will hold a public meeting on Thursday, November 2, to provide an update on several issues the group is working on. Among them: […]
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Advocates push again for ‘Raise the Age’
Jerry Ingram’s life could have unfolded differently than it has. When he was 17, he and his cousin were arrested in front of their Broward County, Florida, apartment and were hit with drug possession and distribution charges, Ingram says. And since there was a school nearby, the charges carried extra weight. Ingram ultimately received a […]
