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Protesters pulled over by police, searched on way home from Saratoga BLM march

Protesters pulled over by police, searched on way home from Saratoga Springs BLM march | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Share1 Saratoga Springs native Alexus Brown and her boyfriend Marcus Filien, both 21, were heading back to Brown’s mom’s house after a Black Lives Matter protest Wednesday when they passed a Saratoga Springs police car with its lights turned off.  As they passed, the police car turned on its lights, turned around and started to follow them for multiple blocks. As the couple neared Brown’s mom’s home, and the Saratoga Springs border, the police pulled them over.  “All I could think of – we saw the police car – was come to a complete stop, don’t commit any traffic violations, don’t give them a reason to stop us,” said Filien, who grew up in East Greenbush and is now a student-athlete at Cornell University. “As soon as we passed them, we saw them start the car, the brake lights came on, they pulled out, and I can’t even remember what I was

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Five Arrested During Saratoga Springs Protest

Photo courtesy Patrick Dodson / Albany Proper Five arrests were made after police in riot gear pushed a crowd of protesters out of the roadway in downtown Saratoga Springs Wednesday night on the eve of the summer tourism season.  Protesters in Saratoga Springs gathered in response to controversial remarks from the city’s Assistant Police Chief John Catone during a June 28th press conference and a contentious city council meeting the following week.  In what began as a press conference to address a stabbing and shots fired incident in the early morning hours of June 26th, Catone placed blame on police reform advocates, ranting against so-called “want-to-be-elected officials” and called on the “silent majority” to “stand up and be heard.” A July 6th city council meeting was briefly halted by Democratic Mayor Meg Kelly as angered residents and regional advocates audibly reacted to speakers condemning Catone’s remarks during a public comment period.

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