Black Lives Matter

A local Black Lives Matter activist was found not guilty on two charges in Saratoga Springs City Court today.

Activist Lex Figuereo appeared in Schenectady City Court Friday morning after being arrested in Schenectady Thursday for allegedly pointing a rifle at a person.

Attorneys have filed a new lawsuit on behalf of members of Saratoga Black Lives Matter, alleging city officials have taken racist, unlawful actions to retaliate against activists and protesters.

Local activists held a Freedom Fest celebration Friday after their planned Juneteenth commemoration was canceled at the last minute.

The New York State Attorney General’s office is once again probing how the city of Saratoga Springs deals with local activists.

A Saratoga Conservative Party official is facing calls to resign after uttering racial slurs during a Saratoga Springs city council meeting Tuesday.

A Saratoga Springs City Council meeting was disrupted by members of the public, including a local Republican Party official, who uttered racial slurs Tuesday night.

Saratoga Springs activists are reacting to a new report from the state attorney general that finds Black Lives Matter demonstrators’ civil rights were violated by city leadership and police.

A long-awaited report from the New York State Attorney General’s Office finds the Saratoga Springs police department and former city officials violated the constitutional rights of Black Lives Matter demonstrators over a two-year period.

As the New York State Attorney General investigates Saratoga Springs’ interactions with Black Lives Matter protesters and potential misuses of police authority, the city has released documents detailing former officials’ attempts to monitor BLM organizers.