Ramarley Graham

A True Sanctuary City Requires Action to Change The NYPD

Posted on February 17, 2017

As New Yorkers resist the Trump administration’s racist, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic, and other discriminatory actions, it’s more urgent now than ever for New York’s elected and public officials to take action to protect our communities.  We saw some of that in Albany this week with the State Assembly passing criminal justice reform legislation, even as action is still needed in NYC to end broken windows policing and pass the Right to Know Act.

For immediate release: February 2, 2017

Ramarley Graham’s Family & New Yorkers Demand Swift Action from de Blasio & O’Neill on Day Marking 5 Years Since NYPD Killed Unarmed Teen

In 5 Years since killing and one year since feds closed investigation, no officers have been disciplined and only one has faced NYPD trial with outcome still pending
Family and New Yorkers express disappointment in de Blasio for not fulfilling 2012 call as public advocate for “fair, speedy and transparent” accountability for officers in killing

 

Police Shooting: A Five-Year Quest for Justice

02/07/2017
The New York Review of Books

In the national conversation about police violence, the name Ramarley Graham has been far less present than Mike Brown’s, Eric Garner’s, Freddie Gray’s, or Sandra Bland’s. This may be because Black Lives Matter was not yet a national movement when eighteen-year-old Graham was fatally shot in February 2012 by an NYPD officer. In fact, it was just weeks before Trayvon Martin’s death brought the issues of police brutality and institutionalized racism to widespread national attention.

5 Years After Ramarley Graham's Death, Supporters Still Demand Justice from NYPD

Hundreds of protesters called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to fire Richard Haste, the NYPD officer who fatally shot Graham in 2012.
Colorlines Screenshot of (center, with megaphone) Constance Malcolm and supporters at a rally demanding justice for Malcolm's son Ramarley Graham, who NYPD officer Richard Haste killed in 2012. Screenshot taken from Twitter on February 3, 2017.
02/03/2017
ColorLines

February 2 marked five years since New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Richard Haste shot and killed Ramarley Graham, an unarmed 18-year-old Black man, inside his Bronx home.

For immediate release: January 19, 2017

5 FACTS ON RAMARLEY GRAHAM’S KILLING BY NYPD OFFICERS BEING OBSCURED AT TRIAL TO NOT GET WRONG

 

1. RAMARLEY WAS UNARMED

All Ramarley did was pull up his pants while walking with his friends. It was the biased-based, discriminatory profiling of the NYPD officers involved that created a contrary perception of the 18-year-old teenager, who was walking with friends within his own neighborhood. If the officers were so sure he was armed, why didn’t they stop-and-frisk him on the street for a weapon while he was calmly walking home?

8 Facts about the NYPD Killing of Ramarley Graham

It's been 5 years since Ramarley Graham was shot and killed by NYPD Officer Haste in his home, in front of his grandmother and younger brother. Read & share these EIGHT FACTS about Ramarley’s case and stand with his family to demand NYPD accountability.  Mayor de Blasio & NYPD Commissioner O'Neill must fire Officer Haste and the 12+ other officers who abused Ramarley's family and engaged in misconduct surrounding Ramarley's killing.  Learn more and get involved today at www.riseup4ramarley.org. 

For immediate release: January 17, 2017

Family of Ramarley Graham, Community Supporters Pack First Day of Trial against Officer Responsible for Shooting Graham, Other Misconduct

Family and community members demand accountability and transparency from de Blasio & O’Neill: #FireHaste and other officers responsible for killing and misconduct

Five years since killing, $30K in pay raises for Haste without accountability demonstrates lack of change by de Blasio

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