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COURIER L 16 IFE, MARCH 13-19, 2020
PROTEST
McCall of the Crisis Action Center
in Brownsville. “The brother
had his hands up.”
Police claim that Gayle had
been smoking marijuana inside
100% Playground on Glenwood
Road and had resisted arrest —
but his defense attorney contends
that his client had not committed
any crimes, and will plead not
guilty to charges at a March 24
court appearance.
“We will be appearing on
March 24, answering the charges
and pleading not guilty and requesting
the charges to be dismissed
in the interest of justice,”
said Sanford Rubenstein. “And
we are going to convince the district
attorney’s offi ce that they
should not prosecute.”
During the Saturday march
from the playground to the 69th
Police Precinct, which came on
the heels of a similar demonstration
on March 6, rally-goers
called on the NYPD to fi re the offi
cers involved in Gayle’s arrest,
and for the Kings County District
Attorney to launch a full investigation
into the incident.
Reciting chants of “No Justice,
No Peace” and “Hands Up,
Don’t Shoot,” protestors marched
down a half-mile stretch of Rockaway
Parkway from 100% Playground
on Glenwood Road to the
69th Precinct on E. 98th Street to
demarcate where Gayle was fi rst
arrested and where he was held
in custody for about 12 hours.
McCall said Gayle was only
released from the 69th Precinct
after the community leader went
to the department himself and
demanded Gayle’s release. He
was then taken out of custody
within the hour.
Police Commissioner Dermot
Shea addressed Gayle’s arrest at
a press conference last Thursday,
where he said some aspects
of the video were disturbing and
that the department would conduct
a full investigation.
“The short answer is I am going
to look for an investigation just to
make sure I know everything that
happened here,” said Shea.
didn’t stop with Franks
— one day after the Assembly
staffer’s message
began to circulate,
a member of southern
Brooklyn’s Community
Board 13 jumped to
Frontus’ defense with
another racist comment.
“Ms Frontus should
not have to apologize,
but as a stateswoman
she did,” wrote Ronald
X Stewart, a longtime
Coney Island resident
and anti-gun activist,
who was appointed to
the community board by
Borough President Eric
Adams. “These Chinese
restaurants in our community
make millions of
dollars off us. They don’t
hire us; don’t donate to
any of our events and express
racism against us
… but we allow them to
get by and say nothing,”
he said.
The hateful comment,
made under a Facebook
post on March
3, prompted calls for
Stewart’s resignation,
which Adams granted
on March 4.
“I condemn in the
strongest possible terms
the comments made
this week by a community
board member,” he
wrote. “Therefore, his
last day serving on the
board will be March 31,
2020.”
Frontus, a friend of
Stewart’s, honored him
with a state-issued proclamation
at a Black History
Month celebration
at the Carey Gardens
Community Center last
month, the Brooklyn Eagle
reported.
Following the remarks,
Frontus announced
her plans to
host a public forum with
Chinese-American leaders
to condemn anti-
Asian bigotry.
“Bigotry and fear
based on misinformation
can take hold in communities
that do not talk
to each other,” she said.
“In the midst of a public
health crisis, in the heart
of the most international
city in America, we cannot
afford panic and prejudice.”
Ronald X. Stewart did
not respond to a request
for comment.
Marchers called for accountability after a viral arrest sparked outrage on social media.
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