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Pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
This week, the nation will mark the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd. Never has the death of an unarmed Black man at the hands of police reverberated so loudly . . . more
Khloe, 6, jumped double Dutch as part of a rally on Saturday in Valley Stream that its organizers said was a rebuke against recent resurgence of strife and division both in and outside of the neighborhood.
Valley Streamers organize ‘Rally for Love’
More than two-dozen people gathered on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream Saturday afternoon to demonstrate against what its organizers said has been a recent resurgence of strife and division both in … more
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Valley Stream residents and people from neighboring communities gathered in the Green Acres Mall in the Target parking lot Sunday for a rally intended as a counterprotest to a pro-Trump rally that took place there the previous week.
Anti-Trump rally in Valley Stream
About a dozen Valley Stream residents and those from other communities gathered in the Green Acres Mall Target parking lot on Sunday to protest the Trump administration. The demonstration was … more
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Nia Adams, a racial justice advocate on Long Island, spoke candidly about how the Breonna Taylor case has affected her emotionally.
Long Island advocates demand justice in police brutality cases
Black women were front and center at the latest Black Lives Matter protest outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Sept. 24. more
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Roughly two dozen protestors marched through Valley Stream on July 24 in support of Jennifer McLeggan, whose claims of racial harassement by her white neighbors sparked a viral movement.
Two dozen attend Friday BLM protest
Roughly two dozen protestors met at the Valley Stream train station Friday evening before heading to the home of Jennifer McLeggan, a local black woman who says she has suffered racial harassement by … more
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The story of Jennifer McLeggan, center, in which she alleges she suffered nearly three years of harassment at the hands of her neighbors spurred a protest on Thursday.
#StandwithJennifer protest draws hundreds
Between 1,000 and 2,000 demonstrators packed the Valley Stream train station Thursday evening before marching on Sunrise Highway and making their way to the Village Green in a show of solidarity for local … more
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Black Lives Matter protestors marched for roughly an hour in the streets around Fireman’s Field on July 13, and dedicated the event to Valley Streamer Jennifer McLeggan.
BLM protests continue in Valley Stream
When the Tuosto brothers, Tiandre, 25, and Terrel, 28, both from West Hempstead, heard the story this past week of Valley Streamer Jennifer McLeggan, who said she was being racially harassed by … more
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Reform policing, don’t trash it
There’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America. more
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
Elmont resident Erik Blam II, 24, at the June 1 protest. He had helped organize that protest and another on Friday, June 5 in Valley Stream.
A week of protests against racism in Valley Stream
When Elmont resident Goldie Harrison and Valley Streamer Christine Rivera set out to organize a protest against systemic racism and police brutality against black people, it resulted in the first, … more
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