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The protest began and ended at the Modell’s parking lot on Davison Avenue.
Oceansiders march for ‘Black Lives Matter’ down Long Beach Road
About 60 protesters marched down Long Beach Road in Oceanside on June 17, hoping to raise awareness about systemic racism and promote unity among those advocating for racial justice. more
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New York is moving ahead with police reform
Justice for George Floyd came swiftly in New York. During two weeks of intense protests at hundreds of locales across the state . . . more
Nikhil Goyal, of Young Long Island for Justice, read a letter that more than three dozen local advocacy organizations have signed asking for “the Long Island six senators” to refuse police union donations and give prior police union funds to groups fighting for racial justice.
Racial justice advocates want Kaminsky to reinvest ‘cop money’
Protesters joined in front of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s office in Rockville Centre on June 18 to demand that he refuse campaign contributions from police unions. more
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On June 7, protesters kneeled in front of the Rockville Centre Police Department’s headquarters on Maple Avenue. They paused there for about eight minutes, the amount of time that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck before he died.
RVCPD, local activists react to Cuomo's order on police reforms
After weeks of nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a 10-bill package of police reforms passed earlier in the week by the State Legislature. more
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Freddy and Enzo Grant knelt as protesters shared their experiences with racism in front of Sewanhaka High School last Sunday.
Sewanhaka students, parents protest systemic racism
In a protest against police brutality and systemic racism on Sunday night, more than 100 Sewanhaka Central High School District parents, students and alumni marched through the residential streets … more
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Protests should lead to reforms in New York
Nassau County wound down a whirlwind week of Black Lives Matter protests through local neighborhoods last week that were, with one exception, peaceful and uplifting. Tens of thousands marched . . . more
Marchers headed up Cedarhurst Avenue, toward Central Avenue in Cedarhurst on June 7.
Marching for social change in Cedarhurst, Lawrence
What was expected to be a small protest involving perhaps 50 people swelled to a crowd of nearly 400 last Sunday as children, adults, Jews and non-Jews, blacks, whites and Latinos marched from Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst to Lawrence and back to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and their opposition to racism, chanting “No justice, no peace!” and “Black lives matter!” more
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Rev. A.H. Sparkman, the pastor of Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church in Glen Cove, was a speaker at Sunday’s Black Lives Matter march and rally that spanned Glen Cove and Sea Cliff.
Glen Cove’s spiritual leaders address killing of George Floyd 
Among the communities across the country that were outraged and wanted to address issues relating to race relations and law enforcement is Glen Cove. The city’s spiritual leaders, in an effort to prevent what happened in Minneapolis from happening at home, said they are looking to have open and honest conversations with community leaders and residents.  more
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Antioch Baptist Church reverend Richard Wilson led the march in his 1929 Mercedes Gazelle.
Black Lives Matter protesters march through the North Shore
Roughly 1,000 protesters flocked to the North Shore to protest police brutality on June 7, marching in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and victims of police brutality in the wake of … more
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Davonte Hawkins, of Roosevelt, was among the protesters leading the march from Baldwin through Freeport to Merrick. Above, Hawkins pictured on Babylon Turnpike in Merrick.
Hundreds of protesters march from Baldwin to Merrick
An estimated 500 people marched from the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station today toward Merrick to peacefully protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. more
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