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Contact: LouisFlores,1-646-400-1168, [email protected]
NEWYOUTUBEVIDEOSHOWSCHRISTINEQUINN’S
HYPOCRISYONKEEPINGNYPDRAYKELLY
NewYork,NY(August1,2013)–AnewvideopostedonYouTubeshowsNewYorkCityCouncilSpeaker
ChristineQuinnheapingpraiseonNYPDCommissionerRayKelly,eventhoughtheNYPDhashadarecord
ofracismandbrutalityunderCommissionerKelly.ThenewYouTubevideoshowssixrealexamplesofhow
lawenforcementofficershaveapatternofusingexcessiveforce.
NewYouTubeVideoLink: http://youtu.be/klj8Ja_Ip1s
LinkstoexamplesofexcessiveforceusedbyNYPDandbypeaceofficers:
-PeaceOfficersbeatmaninQueens(May2012): http://youtu.be/3nFCfv1C0hI
-NYPDbeatmanwithclubinLES(July2008): http://youtu.be/j5I_lwQyxNI
-NYPDshovesCriticalMassrider(July2008): http://youtu.be/oUkiyBVytRQ
-Womanyankedbyhair(Nov.2011):
http://youtu.be/ZpFQyaLiuA0
-OWSpeppersprayattack(Sept.2011):
http://youtu.be/TZ05rWx1pig
-Pitbullshotbypolice(Aug.2012):
http://youtu.be/t_tqessWvQg
Chapter7ofRootsofBetrayal:TheEthicsofChristineQuinn ,whichisbeingserializedthissummer,
addressestheNYPD’shistoryofviolatingthecivilrightsandcivillibertiesofactivists.Theconversation
aroundreformingtheNYPDneedstobeenlargedtoalsoaddressthepolicedepartment’spersistent
violationsofcivilrightsandcivilliberties.Ataskforceshouldbeempaneledwithsubpoenapowerand
chargedwithinvestigatingandissuingbindingrecommendationstofinallyoverhaultheNYPD.
SinceitsdebutonScribd,afreepreviewof RootsofBetrayal:TheEthicsofChristineQuinn hasgenerated
over16,000combinedreads,andresearchfromVolumeIinspired MichaelGrynbaumtowriteafrontpage
articleinTheNewYorkTimes.
Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/133525827/Roots-of-Betrayal-The-Ethics-of-Christine-Quinn-
Copyright-2013-by-Louis-Flores-Uncorrected-Proof-Not-For-Sale-Excerpt
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/nyregion/for-quinn-a-long-history-of-playing-the-insiders-
game.html
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