About 30 members of the groups Latinos Unidas and BLACK raised banners and signs outside Rochester’s Public Safety Building Thursday evening, in what organizers say was meant to be a small-scale demonstration showing that Rochester Latinos support the Black Lives Matter movement. Organizer Rosemary Rivera and other members of the group say they were surprised […]
Authorities are reportedly closing down Rochester’s Public Safety Building this afternoon in anticipation of a Black Lives Matter protest on Exchange Boulevard. The local Black Lives Matter and Latinos United plan to demonstrate late this afternoon outside the Rochester Police headquarters. In addition to the Public Safety Building, the Hall of Justice next door will […]
Rochester Police say the department will pay out $47,648 (and 24 cents) for overtime pay as a result of last Friday’s Black Lives Matter protests in Rochester. Police brought more than 100 officers downtown before the decision was made to disperse the demonstrators late Friday night and early Saturday morning. The department says today they’ve […]