This week's characters also include a podcaster with a weird take about texting, a doctor who is monitoring the traffic situation and a mayor seen out clubbing with Cara Delevingne.
Nick Pinto, a reporter for The Intercept, told Hill.TV that the recent string of deaths and suicides at Rikers Island in New York follows years of concerted efforts to keep the facility open despite
Moment Louisville diner pulls handgun on armed BLM protesters after they surrounded upmarket restaurant during Kentucky Derby demonstration for Breonna Taylor
The unidentified man is thought to have been eating at upmarket La Chasse on Saturday night when he confronted the group of around 50 people
They had been marching ahead of the 147th Kentucky Derby over Taylor s death at the hands of police during a raid at her home last March
Footage shows as the diner points his handgun at protesters who shout at him
A female demonstrator urges the protesters to continue moving down the block
A police spokesperson confirmed that the protesters were also armed
After Chauvin Verdict, Mayoral Candidates Promise Police Reform
arrow Dianne Morales attends a protest at Barclays Center in the wake of the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist
Following Tuesday s guilty verdict in the closely watched trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, Maya Wiley reiterated her pledge to cut $1 billion from the New York City Police Department and redirect those funds to communities with high rates of gun violence.
Wiley was one of several leading Democratic mayoral candidates that issued statements calling for police reform and accountability after a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of three counts in the death of Floyd last May.