Police, Racism Decried At 3rd Rally In Region Estimated 800 Fill Courthouse Lawn By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Ten years after he was chased by an armed classmate from Cooperstown Park on a sunny Good Friday and shot, Wesley Lippitt recounted the events this afternoon on the lawn of the Otsego County Courthouse: “Racism is here,” he testified to an almost completely white crowd that organizers estimated at about 800 people, gathered to rally for justice…
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COOPERSTOWN PROTEST SUNDAY 700 Protesters Decry Racism’s Endurance At Delhi Courthouse DELHI – Organizers said more than 700 people filled Delhi’s Courthouse Square today and lined the town’s Main Street for a protest and “living memorial” to honor black lives. The number topped an estimated 500 last Sunday in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza. A third local protest, one of hundreds nationwide, is planning at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) in front of the Otsego County Courthouse in Cooperstown.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Cooperstown To Protest Racism, Police Brutality PROTEST – 1 – 5 p.m. Come for a peaceful protest against the police violence that led to the death of George Floyd, raise money to support NAACP & ACLU. Be prepared to socially distance, wear your masks. Bring your friends, loved ones, and signs. All are welcome. Otsego County Courthouse, Cooperstown.…
LETTER from ONEONTA NAACP Outraged? Yes! We Exclaim, ‘Not Again’ When we saw the heinous act of another black man, George Floyd, intentionally being held down by four relaxed policemen and George not resisting arrest, but resisting suffocation and pleading “I can’t breathe, please let me stand,” it makes us return to the actions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. It was difficult to watch one policeman putting his knee with increased pressure on Mr. Floyd’s neck and…
IN APPRECIATION George Floyd, 46, From Fellow Texan By CHIP NORTHRUP • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com George Floyd was a big, happy-go-lucky Texan. He had a daughter named Gianna and was a member of a Bible study class. I grew up in Texas with good hard working men like George, including members of his extended family. Otis Floyd, Sr. was our handyman. His sons Otis, Jr., Michael and Clifford were our moving men. His wife, Hazel Gay Floyd helped raise our…
ONEONTA RALLY PEACEFUL Hundreds In Muller Plaza Join National Call For Justice Perhaps as many as 500 people rallied peacefully in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza this afternoon to hear Rev. LaDana Clark, a former police officer, above, say, “Most of our police are trying to do the right thing, but it’s the bad apples have to be checked and removed! There can be no peace as long as an officer can place his knee on the neck of a black man…
Oneonta NAACP Calls For ‘Positive Energy’ In Response To Death ONEONTA – Lee Fisher, Oneonta area NAACP president, released a letter this morning calling for citizens to make their communities stronger in the wake of the murder of George Lloyd, the black man who was pinned down and suffocated by Minneapolis police officers. “When we saw the heinous act of another black man, George Floyd, intentionally being held down by four relaxed policemen and George not resisting arrest, but resisting…