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 […]
At a press conference on the steps of Saratoga Springs City Hall Thursday, Saratoga BLM said it was looking into filing a class action lawsuit against the city of Saratoga Springs, as well as determining whether it can file charges against former officials and calling for an overhaul of the police department.
A report from the Attorney General said Saratoga Springs police arrested people on false charges and used intimidation to stop Black Lives Matter protestors.
Saratoga Springs City Officials and the police department violated the first amendment rights of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in 2021 and had an “official policy of retaliating” against BLM activists, the New York Attorney General’s Office writes in a scathing new 30-page report.