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Friday, July 10, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 28
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Heights march ends in two later arrests One protester claims intimidation by police BY R O S E W E L D ON Two Nassau residents were arrested in connection with prior cases after attending a protest in Roslyn last Wednesday, and one is contending that Nassau County and the police are attempting to intimidate those protesting police brutality. Michael Motamedian, 20, of Westbury, and Jeremiah “Jerry” Bennett, 26, of East Meadow, both connected to an organization calling itself Long Island Peaceful Protest that attends various marches
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Sgt. Robert A. “Robby” Hendriks, of Locust Valley, was killed in Afghanistan last year. Reports of bounties placed on American soldiers in that region by Russian intelligence are reopening wounds for his family. See story on page 11.
against police brutality across the island, were arrested Friday after walking with the organization in Roslyn Heights two days earlier. According to Motamedian, the Heights protest took place “maybe two hours” after Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced the county’s Free Speech and Roadway Protection Protocols, which state that “demonstration organizers should contact the Community Affairs Unit of the Nassau County Police Department at least 24-hours in advance to identify their routes,”
that “demonstrators may not block vehicular or pedestrian traffic,” and that “any person who fails to comply with a lawful order to stop impeding the flow of traffic on a public street or otherwise endangering public safety may be subject to enforcement action.” Motamedian says that once he and other protesters arrived for the march, they were approached by Nassau County police, but little, if anything, occurred. “Immediately upon our arrival, the police approached Continued on Page 42
Judge rules for ExteNet in N. Hempstead case Judgment may include construction of 16 cell nodes BY R O S E W E L D ON A federal judge has decided in favor of wireless infrastructure provider ExteNet Systems in its case against the Town of North Hempstead. Judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York granted the company’s motion for summary judgment
in a June 26 order. ExteNet, which had been contracted by Verizon Wireless to build cell nodes across the North Shore, argued in the suit that the town’s council failed to act on the company’s applications to install 16 nodes in areas including Port Washington Estates, Manhasset Bay Estates, Bayview Colony and bordering
the Plandome Manor area, according to paperwork filed with the Town of North Hempstead on Aug. 23, 2019, within a “reasonable” time frame. The company said that 14 days after the filings, on Sept. 6, the town paused the 90-day “shot clock” by “requesting additional information, indicating Continued on Page 43
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