With two months to go before hosting the Belmont Stakes, newly elected Saratoga Springs Mayor John Safford spoke with CBS6 about the city's current preparations
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. In the wake of the Attorney General’s Report on the Saratoga Springs Police Department’s (SSPD) response to protests in 2021, Saratoga Black Lives Matter held a press conference reacting to the report’s findings. This report was in response to the way SSPD officers and city officials allegedly handled protests in 2021 when, as outlined in the report “ the City of Saratoga Springs saw regular Black Lives Matter protests on its downtown streets” which criticized city officials and called to “defund” the Saratoga Springs Police Department. Attorney General Letitia James acknowledged that while these protests could […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. In the wake of the Attorney General’s Report on the Saratoga Springs Police Department’s (SSPD) response to protests in 2021, Saratoga Black Lives Matter held a press conference reacting to the report’s findings. This report was in response to the way SSPD officers and city officials allegedly handled protests in 2021 […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. A report issued by State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday concluded that, in 2021, former Spa City officials “implemented an unconstitutional official policy of retaliating against BLM protesters based on their speech.” James said, in the report, that “the sweeping arrests violated the police department’s written policies to protect protesters’ […]