FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com JANUARY 1, 2015 • THE QUEENS COURIER 27 s year in photos 103rd Precinct gets fi rst police body cameras The city chose nine offi cers from Jamaica’s 103rd Precinct on Dec. 9 to wear body cameras while out on patrol. The move was made by Mayor Bill de Blasio at a time when Staten Island’s grand jury hadn’t yet made its decision not to indict the police offi cer whole killed Eric Garner during a chokehold. The body cameras were an attempt to improve public relations between authorities and city residents. THE COURIER/Photo by Eric Jankiewicz Tensions erupt in Jackson Heights Dozens of protesters gathered in Jackson Heights on Dec. 5 to protest Eric Garner’s death at the hands of police on Staten Island and to draw attention to the plight of undocumented immigrants who also fear police abuse. During that rainy evening, the people announced that the streets belonged to them before ending the protest on 82nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Photo courtesy of the Queens Tourism Council QUEENS NAMED TOP TOURIST DESTINATION Queens ascended to the top of the list on Dec. 10 of Lonely Planet’s Best in the U.S. 2015, promising to be a huge boon for tourism activity. According to the leading travel guidebook company, Queens is a must-see U.S. destination. With 2015 set to be Queens’ year, the borough is expected to be “discovered,” as one writer wrote in Lonely Planet. DECEMBER
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