New Date: Deputized Movie about Immigration in Farmingville on 11/23/13

Posted on October 6, 2013 by iwilder

The movie Deputized http://deputizedmovie.com/ will be shown on November 9th  23rd at 6pm by the Farmingville Residents Association http://farmingvilleresidents.org/.  I will be speaking for 2 minutes at the screening. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pW6yIU-SEk] I will be speaking for 2 minutes at the screening because footage I took of the “Standing While Latino” legislation hearings were used in the film. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmk_DfEBruM] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAghojAc2Pk] 

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Green Party demands Independent Citizens’ Review Boards for Police

Posted on August 12, 2012 by iwilder

Green Party called two recent reports on police violence evidence of systematic abuses of power by police departments

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NYCLU Finds NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Ineffective & Racist

Posted on May 10, 2012 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today released an analysis of new NYPD data that provides a detailed picture of the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, including new insights on the program’s stark racial disparities and its ineffectiveness in recovering illegal firearms.

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NYCLU: New Stop-and-Frisk Numbers Shows NYPD Targets Innocent Minorities

Posted on September 3, 2011 by iwilder

 The NYPD is on track to stop and interrogate a record number of totally innocent New Yorkers in 2011, according to police reports analyzed by the New York Civil Liberties Union. During the first half of 2011, police made more than 317,000 stops of completely innocent New Yorkers – the overwhelming majority of whom were […]

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NYPD Stopped and Frisked Record Number of Innocent People during First Quarter of 2011

Posted on June 4, 2011 by iwilder

The NYPD stopped and interrogated more than 161,000 completely innocent New Yorkers in the first quarter of 2011, the highest number over a three-month period since the Police Department began reporting data on its troubling stop-and-frisk program. About 88 percent of the 183,326 stop-and-frisk encounters recorded from January through March resulted in neither an arrest […]

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Foreclosure by Race and Ethnicity: Demographics of a Man-Made Disaster

Posted on October 10, 2010 by iwilder

Among the report’s findings: An estimated 2.5 million foreclosures were completed from 2007 – 2009 and an estimated 5.7 additional ones are imminent. (Independent estimates have suggested that up to 13 million homes will be lost through 2014.) On completed foreclosures, most on mortgages made between 2005 and 2008, we estimate that 56% involved a […]

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Southern Poverty Law Center: Anti-Immigrant Climate Fueling Violence Against Latinos in Suffolk County

Posted on September 3, 2009 by iwilder

*Check with Long Island Wins (longislandwins.com) for more coverage on the report. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Latino immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y., are routinely the target of violent attacks, harassment and abuse driven by a virulent anti-immigrant climate that has been fostered by community leaders and law enforcement practices, according to a report released today by […]

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From the Farmingville filmaker: A Class Apart 2/23/09

Posted on February 20, 2009 by iwilder

A CLASS APART A Mexican American Civil Rights Story will broadcast on PBS American Experience Monday, February 23 @ 9:00 (check local listings) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H4qhahKFKU] www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class> www.caminobluff.com <http://www.caminobluff.com> www.facebook.com/pages/A-Class-Apart/38365902140 <http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Class-Apart/38365902140> “A powerful reminder of the civil rights movement. One to watch.” – Austin American-Statesman “Necessary viewing.” – San Antonio Express-News Produced and Directed by Carlos […]

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2007 hate crime in Patchogue, that police failed to report

Posted on November 27, 2008 by iwilder

(excerpt from) Long Island WINS: 2007 victim of anti-Latino attack sheds light on Levy hate crime stats By Patrick Young CARECEN November 27, 2008 9:53 AM Last year there was one anti-Latino bias crime in Suffolk County, according to Steve Levy, and it wasn’t the attack on Luis Pina Tigre. [Yet…] In September 2007 Tigre […]

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The truth about Patchogue schools and Hispanic students

Posted on November 19, 2008 by iwilder

KW: I had the article below saved in my papers about school districts who do not do right by students. I found it incredibly interesting based on the recent hate crime in Patchogue, and my perception about the attitudes of Superintendent Michael Mostow as expressed at the Division of Human Rights/Mayor’s community meeting last Thursday.

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View of The Obama Election: Mexican American Political Association

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

November 05, 2008 Greetings! BANKING ON OBAMA WITH OPEN EYES I’M VOTING FOR THE BLACK MAN Nativo Vigil Lopez National President, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) The American people can now rejoice in one of the greatest blows against racism in its history – the election of President-elect Barack Hussein Obama. This is the culmination […]

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LI Latino International Film Festival: Sept. 26th-28th

Posted on September 17, 2008 by iwilder

LILIFF2008 is the 4th Annual Long Island Latino Film Festival. It will be held on Friday, Sept. 26th to Sunday, Sept. 28th at the Wang Center on Stony Brook Univeristy Campus. For more information, go to: www.liliff.com Films include: “Mayor O Menor”, “Bracero Stories”, “Burn the Bridges”, “The Longing”, “Primera Comunion” and “Cubano’s life and […]

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