Schenectady PD reacts to vandalism with fencing | The Daily Gazette
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There’s one narrow lane for the public to enter the lobby.
Police Sgt. Matthew Dearing, a department spokesman, on Monday said it was a precautionary step by the Police Department until it can explore other options.
Last Tuesday, in response to the shooting death of a Black man in Minnesota by a police officer there, a protest in Schenectady ended with a broken glass panel on a door at the police station and profanities written in chalk on the building.
Several people gathered last Tuesday evening outside the Schenectady Police Department to protest the death of Daunte Wright, who was shot by a police officer following a traffic stop on April 11.
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Schenectady police investigate protesters over graffiti, broken glass | The Daily Gazette
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Protesters on Tuesday used sidewalk chalk to get their message across at the main entrance to the Schenectady Police Department in the wake of the shooting death of Daunte Wright by a Minnesota police officer. The f k 12 reference has been associated with the long ago police television program Adam-12, and is sometimes used as a reference to the police. The Gazette obscured profanity in the images.
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Schenectady Police Chief Eric Clifford said the department is opening a criminal mischief investigation into a protest Tuesday evening that ended with a broken glass panel on a door at the police station and profanities written in chalk on the building.
All of Us leads protest for ban on police knee-to-head holds | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY NAACP of Schenectady President, the Rev. Nicolle Harris, told protesters outside of City Hall Thursday that she’s received phone calls this week suggesting that police would be unable to do their jobs if her organization and others continued with its demand that the city ban knee to neck holds.
“I’m not asking any police officer not to do their job,” Harris, pastor at Duryee Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, told dozens of protesters.
“I’m asking that you do your job effectively. I’m asking that you do your job without harming people unnecessarily – and without knee holds.”