Articles Tagged “West Indian Day Parade”
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BREAKING NEWS! WIADCA’s Yolanda Lezama-Clark calls it quits!!!!!
President of the West Indian American Day Carnival Association, Inc. Of New York, Yolanda Lezama-Clark, has called it quits, New Americas has learnt. Lezama-Clark quit yesterday, Dec. 22nd. She has been heading up North Americas largest carnival in Brooklyn, NY for 10 years. No reason was given for the resignation beyond that she is “tired.” [...]
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My letter to WIADCA….
I woke up this morning heavy in my heart about what was going on with the racist NYPD officers and their remarks towards the West Indian community and our Labor Day parade. I live in Central Brooklyn, which is represented by Congresswoman Yvette Clark (Jamaican descent) and which is also home to the annual West Indian [...]
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VIDEOS: NYC Council members speak out against racist remarks by NYPD.
In case you missed the snippet during the nightly news, below you will find three unedited videos of the press conference held yesterday afternoon on the steps of City Hall, New York. Council Members Letitia James, Melissa Viverito and Jumaane Williams speak below: Public Advocate Bill De Blasio’s representative, Kirsten Foy and Council Member Ydanis [...]
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WIADCA RELEASES LATE RESPONSE TO NYPD & MAYOR!!!
My podcast last night really rattle the West Indian American Day Carnival Association, listen HERE or watch HERE. So, in their normal tardy fashion, WIADCA finally responds to the recent remarks by some NYPD cops about West Indian people and their parade. Read below: Hearing and reading about these remarks made by NYPD officers, “animals, [...]
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Can West Indian Day Paradegoers ever trust NYPD after “animals” & “savages” rant
I read this New York Times story yesterday by WILLIAM GLABERSON and wasn’t too shocked by the honesty of the NYPD cops about the West Indian Day Parade in their Facebook group “No More West Indian Day Detail.” Racial profiling runs rampant in NYPD especially when the majority of the causcasian NYPD cops are stationed [...]
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VIDEO: NYPD Cop Wining on Masqueraders at Labor Day 2011 Festivities
In case you missed it, we published this photo on our JAY BLESSED Facebook fan page, but now things have taken a different turn for the “wining NYPD cop!” It is being called dry humping…..sure looks like it. However, for everyone outside of the Caribbean/ West Indian community it might be hard to grasp, but [...]
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VIDEO: ABC 7′s wrongful coverage about shootings and Labor Day Parade.
It is evident just by watching this video that the shooting that occured at the McDonald’s on Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn on Monday morning was after J’ouvert and had nothing to do with the West Indian Day Parade which had not even began yet! So why does mainstream media keep mentioning the West Indian Day [...]
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What happens after the Emergency Press Conference by WIADCA?
Today I pushed my way through all odds to attend the Emergency Press Conference by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA). To see the Borough President, Council members, Statesmen, WIADCA members, as well as Carnival committees, press and ordinary West Indian / Caribbean people in attendance was a great feeling. The Emergency Press [...]
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