Norman Siegel
Norman Siegel
Norman Siegelwas the director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York's leading civil rights organization, under the umbrella of the nationwide American Civil Liberties Union. Siegel served as director from 1985 until 2000...
absolutely chill city john past peace people reason stay york
This is New York City at its best. There's absolutely no reason why these people can't stay past 1 o'clock. To paraphrase John Lennon, all we can say is 'give peace a chance.' Mr. Mayor, chill out.
dealing
They didn't know what they were dealing with.
board brown court education inherently separate simply supreme
More than 40 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown vs. the Board of Education said very simply that separate is inherently unequal,
city conclude fought information tooth
The city fought tooth and nail, and one can only conclude that they didn't want this information going public.
behalf city known reasonable
Any reasonable person would have known he was not there on behalf of the city and was there as an individual.
information issue light shed
The more information that they issue would shed more light on what actually happened.
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Unfortunately, he's a child who felt rejected from the very beginning. I think it's a double rejection for him.
praising
We should be praising these grandmothers, not prosecuting them.
court extremely system worked
We're extremely pleased. The court system worked here.
beach black occurred people somehow white
When Howard Beach occurred -- and it was white on black -- everyone was upset. This is similar. Somehow because this was black on white, people think it is different. No, it isn't.