Sentences with phrase «on police reform platforms»

He would not comment on his colleagues» absence from the rally but said it was a «sad day» for an administration and a Council that had run on police reform platforms.

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Robin's platform will focus on single payer health care, economic equality, police and criminal justice reform, housing for all, humane immigration reform, better public education, LGBTQ rights and ending the influence of money on politics.

Fliedner ran in the 2017 Brooklyn Democratic primary as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America on a platform of criminal justice reform, an end to broken windows policing, and the shutdown of Rikers Island, issues shared more or less by his five competitors.

De Blasio, who ran on a platform of police reform, has struggled at times to balance the concerns of police reformers with the department he now oversees.

NYCLU proposed a platform for statewide and citywide police reform focusing on de-escalation of policing practices and meaningful accountability for police wrongdoing.

Mr. Powell said he hoped Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, an African - American prosecutor who won election last year on a platform of police reform, would ultimately be able to bring charges against Mr. Liang.

Mr. Thompson campaigned on a platform of reforming relations between the police and minority communities in 2013.

Foy urged de Blasio to «stop hiding behind» former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rPolice Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rpolice accountability, transparency and reform.