Parents of the Young Killed by Police Support Each Other, Keep on Showing Up

NEW YORK — The parents who gathered on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on a recent balmy Sunday morning came from different boroughs and ranged in age but all had one thing in common — all of them had buried a child who had been killed by the police. One of them, Nicholas Heyward […]

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The Graffiti Project

Is it art or vandalism? You decide.

A.R, age 15, Spofford Detention, Bronx, NY [now closed]

“I’m in here for ‘menacing’ but I think the charges will be dropped. I broke my arm first playing with my brothers and then re-broke it defending my mom from a guy who was hassling her.”

C, age 16, Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, New York

“I’m from the Bronx. I did five months at Riker’s Island [when Spofford was under construction]. I’m hoping to get 3 months in upstate secure detention and then bounce.”