Once again, Albany Common Council delays a vote on tear gas
Following months of public demands and repeated delays, the Albany Common Council voted 9-6 to further table legislation to ban the use of tear gas...
APD officer who assaulted man will escape criminal charges
A two-year court battle to formally remove a suspended Albany police officer from his job has been resolved, with a plan in place for criminal...
Albany’s community police training allegedly includes racist rhetoric
The city’s Community Police Academy is teaching “racist myths.” That’s the accusation made by Community Police Review Board Chair Nairobi Vives, who wrote a letter...
Albany ‘May Day’ events intersect local labor and civil rights movements
Nurses from Albany Medical Center rallied this weekend amid a contentious three-year long contract fight with hospital management. The event coincided with the celebration of...
South Station protesters say police lack trans awareness. Lawsuits are now planned.
One of the protesters arrested when Albany riot police forcibly removed a peaceful encampment of Black Lives Matter activists says he is going to sue...
Albany’s plan to improve police community relations? Consultants, more meetings, and ‘dialogue’.
More of the same. That appears to be among the first solutions presented by Albany Mayor Sheehan and Chief Hawkins in two separate virtual meetings...
Activist who mediated with city said she was cut off prior to South Station raid
Well-known local organizer Amy Jones says she was mediating behind-the-scenes prior to police forcibly removing a Black Lives Matter protester camp in front of South...
CFLJ Statement on Albany Police Department April 22, 2021 Response to South Station Protest
Editor’s Note: We are publishing in full a statement released by Dr. Alice Green, Executive Director of the Center for Law and Justice, in response...