Scenes From the Rally for Saheed Vassell

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NEW YORK CITY ARCHIVES

In Search of Bohemia

For 150 years, the demimonde has been a visible part of urban life. But media saturation and multicultural reality have dislocated “The Scene.” Bohemia is a state of mind.

by C.Carr

Originally published February 4, 1992
POLITICS ARCHIVES

Al D’Amato: Hopelessly Corrupt

Senator Pothole Delivered — For Donald Trump, Manuel Noriega, Michael Milken, and Corporate Raiders

by Wayne Barrett

Originally published November 3, 1992
FEATURE ARCHIVES

The Threshold and the Jolt of Pain

“In our glib age the stutterer has been considered a kind of contemporary hero, a supposed Honest Man who is unable to gab with the media people.”

by Edward Hoagland

Originally published October 17, 1968
CRIME ARCHIVES

The Trial of the Chicago 7: Bobby Seale Case

“Movement leaders no longer face minor penalties, misdemeanor charges, and a few worthy months in jail. Seale, said Kunstler, faces the very real likelihood of execution. 'The fun has gone out of our practice. We now face a deadening responsibility.' ”

by Jonathan Black

Originally published September 4, 1969
FEATURE ARCHIVES

Whiny White Guys

“White men are no longer the whole against which we measure all the parts, but one more angry special interest group. Once they were 'mankind,' now they're just another niche in the endless segmentation markers and identities.”

by Richard Goldstein

Originally published March 7, 1995
CULTURE ARCHIVES

Andy Warhol: A Museum of His Own

“A Coke is a Coke,” Warhol once said, “and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.”

by Elizabeth Hess

Originally published May 24, 1994

Photography by Emma Whitford

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Demonstrators rallied at the intersection of Utica Avenue and Montgomery Street in Crown Heights Thursday to protest the police killing of Saheed Vassell.

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Photography by Scott Heins

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Victoria Davis, whose brother Delrawn Small was shot by an off-duty police officer in 2016, delivered a speech outside the NYPD’s 71st Precinct Thursday night as protesters demanded answers about the shooting of Saheed Vassell.

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Photography by Scott Heins

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Mourners and outraged protesters thronged the streets outside the NYPD’s 71st Precinct Thursday night, demanding answers about Wednesday’s police shooting of Saheed Vassell.