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NYC: Federal Trial Begins for The Bronx 120

HeadlineOct 20, 2016

Meanwhile, also in New York City, dozens of people rallied outside a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday amid the beginning of the federal trial for “The Bronx 120”—120 young men from the Bronx who were arrested en masse on April 27 in what’s being described as the largest police raid in New York City history. The massive operation included at least 700 law enforcement agents, including SWAT teams, police helicopters, and federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, the U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Police say those arrested are part of two gangs that are linked to a number of murders. The young men have been charged with racketeering, as well as drug and firearm offenses. But family members and residents say the raids racially targeted young black men, many of whom, they say, were not part of the gangs.

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