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Supporters demand justice for Black leader
Published Jan 13, 2008 10:27 PM
City Council member Charles Barron and Viola Plummer.
WW photo: Leslie Feinberg
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Supporters of Viola Plummer, a revolutionary leader of the Brooklyn-based
December 12th Movement, and New York City Councilperson Charles Barron huddled
together at a news conference in front of the U.S. District Court on Jan. 3. A
piercing wind and single digit temperatures didn’t cool the anger of
speakers who related illegal actions of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and
the NYC Corporation Counsel.
Speaking in English and in Spanish, activists representing many oppressed
communities in the city, including those struggling for LGBT and immigrant
rights, denounced Quinn’s gross racism.
Plummer is suing Speaker Quinn in federal court for illegally firing her as
Barron’s chief of staff. Quinn took this racist action after using her
position as City Council Speaker to block popular demands to change a Brooklyn
street name to Sonny Abubadika Carson Avenue last summer.
Plummer was hired by Councilperson Barron. She filed the court suit because
Quinn overstepped her legal authority, violating both Barron and
Plummer’s right to self-determination. See related article on the Jan. 3
court hearing.
—Lal Roohk
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