I met Hawk Newsome in February 2018, in front of a Bronx courthouse. Hawk and I were two of about a dozen activists who had a rally demanding that Sgt. Hugh Barry (who was on trial) be convicted of the murder of Deborah Danner, a black grandmother who Barry had shot and killed because she was holding a baseball bat in her own apartment. Barry was one of several burly officers who decided it would be easier to shoot the elderly Danner than wrest the bat away or wait for backup.
Our small multi-racial picketed the courthouse and Hawk gave a powerful speech about the racism of the frequent killings of Black people in NYC. About 60 cops surrounded and tried to intimidate us, but led by Hawk Newsome we held our ground. He didn’t strike me as someone who would ever be bought. Glenn P.S.: Big surprise, Barry was acquitted. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2217): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/2217 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/77300788/21656 Mute #blacklivesmatter:https://groups.io/g/marxmail/mutehashtag/blacklivesmatter -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
