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UPDATE Demonstrators Protest NYPD after Eric Duprey’s Death in Fordham Manor

By DAVID GREENE
Around thirty demonstrators took to the streets in Fordham Manor on Friday, Sept. 1, to protest the death of Eric Duprey, 30. According to updates from both the Office of the New York Attorney General (AG) investigations team and the NYPD, Duprey died following an NYPD operation in Fordham Manor on Aug. 23.

Jeremiah Ryan Gets 15 Years to Life in Prison for Fatal Shooting of Angellyh Yambo

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Jeremiah Ryan, who was charged last year with the 2022 murder of innocent bystander and high school student, Angellyh Yambo, 16, in the Mott Haven section of The Bronx, as well as the attempted murder of two of her friends as they walked home from school together, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 15, to 15 years to life in prison in relation to the gang-related incident. Ryan, who was 17 at the time of the unintended killing of Angellyh and the shooting of her friends, who were all hit in crossfire, pled guilty on Aug. 4 this year to second-degree murder, avoiding the need for a trial. 

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on New Tiered Policing Approach to Spontaneous Protests

By DAVID GREENE
This week, following the settlement, as reported, of various legal cases in relation to the NYPD’s handling of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, and the announcement of a new tiered, policing approach to the handling of future spontaneous protests in New York City, we asked readers if they had faith that the new approach, which has been agreed with the protestors’ defense attorneys and which is subject to review, will work.