Since our inception, Equality for Flatbush has fought against police harassment , violence and murders. Our very 1st campaign in 2013, was to organize against the racially profiling and economic harassment of Flatbush and East Flatbush dollar van and cab drivers , by the NYPD . We has fought alongside the families of people murdered by police, including Ramarely Graham, Eric Garner, Saheed Vassell, Davonte Pressley, Kimani Gray, Kyam Livingston, Shantel Davis, Akai Gurley, and Delrawn Small.

Since 2014, Equality for Flatbush, has been a leading member of The East Flatbush Cop Watch Team, which leads patrols and responds to police violence in Crown Heights , East Flatbush and Flatbush. Over the years, E4F has led successful campaigns to stop police harassment of street vendors, worked within city-wide coalitions to provide hotel rooms for homeless New Yorkers, and to have the charges dropped and/ or win the release of survivors of police brutality . In 2020 due the increase in police brutality due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprising in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, E4F has organized jail support, led protests and organize cop watch patrols to stop DeBlasio administration’s attack on homeless New Yorkers.

Since 2016, E4F has organized medical workers, social service workers, crisis intervention specialists, and legal workers for our Alternatives to 911 campaign, who rapidly respond to community crises. We understand that the NYPD harassment and violence toward our communities will only stop when police, ICE, prisons, and other carceral systems are abolished.

To join us in making our abolitionist vision a reality contact E4F at policework@equalityforflatbush.org or call /text (646 )820-6039.