Activists don’t just want justice for Judson Albahm’s killing. They want change.
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After Albahm’s death, Rebirth SYR pledged to march for 40 days to honor him and continue to seek justice.
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The Syracuse community watched Judson Albahm grow up.
His father owned several shops in the city, and residents knew him through his childhood and into his teenage years, said Hasahn Bloodworth, the founder of Rebirth SYR, a local activist group.
Police officers from multiple agencies shot and killed Albahm, who was having a mental health crisis, after he allegedly pulled out a fake gun. He was 17 years old.
Some Still Have Concerns About Syracuse s Police Reform Plan By Spectrum News Staff Syracuse PUBLISHED 6:38 AM ET Apr. 06, 2021 PUBLISHED April 6, 2021 @6:38 AM
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On March 15, Syracuse’s Common Council passed the city’s proposed Police Reform and Reinvention plan. Though the vote was unanimous, it did not come without criticism.
That criticism came from city councilors and community activists alike.
“I think it’s a whole bunch of old procedures and policies that are a little reworded. But not really anything changed, not anything reformed, not anything reinvented, reimagined, said Hasahn Bloodworth with Rebirth SYR.
Bloodworth is a part of the 14-group coalition SPAARC, or the Syracuse Police Accountability and Reform Coalition. This summer, SPAARC presented its People’s Agenda for policing a list of nine
Dozens rally in downtown Syracuse for Breonna Taylor, Judson Albahm
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Activist group Rebirth SYR has pledged 40 days of action to honor Judson Albahm, who was killed by police on March 4.
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Balloons, signs, candles and posters adorned the statues lining the Firefighter’s Memorial Park in downtown Syracuse on Saturday as Rebirth SYR, a local activist group, staged a rally.
Dozens of community members gathered at the park to remember Breonna Taylor and Judson Albahm. Plainclothes police officers fatally shot Taylor, a 26-year old EMT, in March 2020 while serving a no-knock warrant in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment, sparking nationwide protests against police brutality. The officers involved were cleared of any wrongdoing.
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Onondaga County officials responded to questions regarding a county sheriff’s deputy’s forceful arrest of a 15-year-old during a community police reform forum on Thursday.
Early on the morning of Nov. 11, a sheriff’s deputy pulled the minor, who is Black, out of a stopped vehicle while using profane and threatening language. The teenager had both hands raised when the deputy pulled him from the car. The sheriff continued to use profane language throughout the arrest, even as the minor apologized and pleaded with the deputy to stop.