Monday, January 22, 2018

Politicians Demand Answers About NYPD Role in Immigrant Rights Activist’s Arrest



By Erin Durkin

City Council members are pressing for answers on the NYPD’s involvement in the arrest of a prominent immigrant rights activist.

After ICE agents detained Ravi Ragbir for deportation earlier this month — sparking protests and arrests — Councilmen Ritchie Torres and Carlos Menchaca wrote to NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill demanding that he release more information about how police dealt with the incident.

“We are gravely concerned about the nature of the NYPD’s response to the demonstration,” wrote Torres (D-Bronx), chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Committee, and Menchaca (D-Brooklyn), chairman of the Immigration Committee.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via Empire Report New York)

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