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Black Lives Matter leader calls Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate 'modern
day freedom papers'
Newsome says the organization plans to 'demonstrate' until the NYC
vaccine mandate is 'abolished'
Kyle MorrisBy Kyle Morris , Breck Dumas | Fox News
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A leader of the Greater New York chapter of the Black Lives Matter
movement is chastising New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over a
COVID-19 vaccine mandate and vaccine passport process for residents,
equating it to "modern day freedom papers."
Chivona Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY who also
ran as a candidate for New York’s 15th Congressional District in 2020,
spoke out against the "racist" mandate in a statement to Fox News.
"Although Mayor Bill De Blasio ran on progressives values, nothing in
his tenure will attest to his campaign promises," Newsome said. "The
September 13th vaccine mandate is racist and specifically targets Black
New Yorkers. The vaccination passports are modern day Freedom Papers,
which limit the free will of Black people."
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Newsome also accused De Blasio of failing "to protect New York’s most
vulnerable" throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that the "social
distancing and mask requirements resulted in Black New Yorkers being
brutalized and arrested while their White neighbors received masks and
refreshments."
"The vaccination mandates infringe upon the civil liberties of the Black
community," Newsome claimed. "It’s more than where we can dine or enjoy
entertainment, it will result in loss of income. As of Monday, September
27, Black health care workers and educators will lose their jobs."
According to Newsome, De Blasio was "fully aware of the hesitancy and
distrust people of African descent have about vaccination and their
interactions with government and law enforcement," yet he still "chose
to disenfranchise and force the very people who elected him into poverty
and second-class citizenship."
Newsome vowed to prevent the vaccine mandate from being used as "a free
pass to racism" and said that Black Lives Matter Greater NY plans to
"demonstrate" until the vaccine mandate is "abolished."
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"It is the duty of Black Lives Matter Greater NY to fight for the
liberty of Black people," Newsome told Fox News. "The vaccination
passport will not be a free pass to racism. Our organization pledges to
demonstrate until the vaccine mandate is abolished."
The mandate, announced by de Blasio in early August, requires that both
workers and customers of certain categories of businesses like
restaurants, gyms and movie theaters provide proof that they have been
vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to enter.
But since the rule went into effect, there have been reports of disputes
at several establishments, which have also been burdened with manning
the front lines of its enforcement.
Such a dispute was the reason BLM Greater NY held a demonstration on
Monday in front of Carmine's Italian Restaurant, where protesters
demanded justice for the Black women who were purportedly denied entry.
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