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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

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