Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga

Structural Patterns

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“Every Mother’s Son” on PBS POV Site

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“Every Mother’s Son” profiles three New York mothers who unexpectedly find themselves united to seek justice and transform their grief into an opportunity for profound social change.

Two decades ago “between 1994 and 1999, 107 civilian killing by police occurred in New York City under circumstances that community groups felt represented an overuse of force.” Unfortunately, again, this situation does not appear to change. The 2004 documentary “Every Mother’s Son” features the mothers of the following innocent, unarmed men who were killed by the police:

1994 The murder of Anthony Baez by Francis X. Livoti in the Bronx

1999 Amadou Diallo shot 19 times by Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss

1999 Gary “Gidone” Busch shot 12 times by four officers

The film opens with the death of Anthony Baez who died due to a choke hold by Officer Livoti, at times it feels as if little changes in our society.

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December 8th, 2014 at 3:36 pm

TODAY 5:30PM ONE POLICE PLAZA – NYPD HEADQUARTERS PROTEST

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Last Saturday, women contained within police orange netting were pepper sprayed. The women were entirely contained, did not present a danger to anyone, were not violent and were pepper sprayed. This can not be ignored – PROTEST TODAY AT 5:30PM ONE POLICE PLAZA

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September 30th, 2011 at 6:39 am