-by Barrett Seaman – Long before protesters gathered in the shopping center parking lot at the intersection of South Broadway and Route 119, law enforcement was ready. Local, county and state police were already deployed at both entrances to the Mario C. Cuomo Bridge—the westbound ramp off 119 and the eastbound access and egress on Broadway. Two helicopters circled overhead. Officials had warned the organizers, who marched under the banners of 100sistas and Black Lives Matter Hudson Valley, that they […]
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