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Nolan Hicks is back with another barn burner: After last week’s ICE raid on Canal Street devolved into violence, Hicks wondered, “Where was the NYPD to get between the protesters and the federal agents beating them up? And where was the NYPD to make sure protesters didn’t harm anyone?”
From there, we learned that it’s not so simple: We want the right to protest in public — indeed, it’s promised in the First Amendment. But who will defend that right? It turns out, the NYPD has very little maneuverability to prevent President Trump’s federal troops from beating up protesters.
As a result, our streets may indeed remain chaotic and violent if the president’s threats to send more troops comes to pass.
Read Hicks’s story … and stay tuned.
There’s a lot of other news in our email blast today, so get to it.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
DOT should revoke parking placards issued to non-profits that rack up excessive speed-camera or red-light violations.
There’s nothing “Grand” about this bike lane, and now everyone’s upset.
Find out why a state Senator wants to eliminate bus lane enforcement cameras in Harlem. Plus other news.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Cops got this crash wrong — and we have the video.
Two new stories about the city’s slow installation of speed humps. Plus other news.
Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
