Ceremony in Harlem marks 10-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death
Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, joined Rev. Al Sharpton and Mayor Eric Adams at a ceremony in Harlem.
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Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, joined Rev. Al Sharpton and Mayor Eric Adams at a ceremony in Harlem.
Saturday marks 10 years since the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. His life is being remembered across the country, including in New York.
The senseless killing of a 19-year-old Burger King cashier was heavy on Adams' mind as he observed his first Martin Luther King Jr. Day in office with a vow to fix things in the civil rights leader's name.
The Reverend Al Sharpton officiated the event at the National Action Network's House of Justice in Harlem.
Rittenhouse was was acquitted of all charges Friday, after his trial for shooting three people, killing two of them in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year.
They spoke about their priorities in the administration, including extending the eviction moratorium and rental assistance.
They're offering messages of unity and support weeks after Haiti's president was assassinated.
Garner was arrested there for allegedly selling loose cigarettes on July 17, 2014.
Widespread protests blanketed cities, large and small - an outrage shared by the most diverse patchwork of humanity.
De Blasio joined Rev. Al Sharpton and other to call for more police reforms, changes to the NYPD culture, and more community involvement.
Activists are proud of the transformative movement that has ignited some change, but they feel more work needs to be done.
An Asian woman in Queens is angry after she says she was attacked and spoken to in a racist way at a local boutique. She spoke exclusively to CBS2 on Sunday.
A group of leaders is expected to rally at the National Action Network headquarters Thursday in Harlem to denounce the rise of attacks on Asian Americans.
Incoming Police Commissioner Dermot Shea is calling for changes to the state's new criminal justice reform laws, and that's already showing signs of a collision course with some community leaders.
No departmental trial will happen for the sergeant who supervised the officers involved with Eric Garner's death on Staten Island in 2014.
The commissioner's decision comes two weeks after an NYPD administrative judge recommended Pantaleo be fired for apparently using a banned chokehold during Garner's arrest.
Eric Garner's family says the NYPD's decision to fire NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo is only part of the justice they've waited five years for.
The Rev. Al Sharpton fired back at President Donald Trump in a press conference from Baltimore Monday after the president called him a "conman."
Jackson discusses what it was like to march with MLK and why he is in NYC fighting for economic equality for all.
Hill was suspended for two weeks after violating the network's social media policy with tweets about President Donald Trump and the NFL anthem protests.
Reverend Al Sharpton warned ESPN that there will be real consequences if it bows to White House pressure to fire Sportscenter host Jemele Hill.
Police say Ashley Sharpton has been released on an appearance ticket after her arrest around 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
It's been over three years since Eric Garner died in a struggle with police.
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska joked Friday that he would like to have Maher visit Nebraska and work in the fields, which prompted Maher to use a slur in a joke that he was a house slave.
Family and friends say their final farewells to the children and a woman who were killed in New York's deadliest fire in years.
