Public Advocate JumaaneWilliams knows how to protest — and talk to cops. MrJDWalsh reports
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks before Sunday’s march against police brutality. Photo: Alex Hodor-Lee Jumaane Williams picked up his pace as he approached the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge early Sunday evening. He began to weave through the crowd of protesters, thousands of people peacefully marching along Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue, to see what — or who — was stopping the march at the front of the column at the base of the Manhattan Bridge.
“Follow the black leadership!” Williams shouted, pointing toward the bridge. We rejoined the march and began walking up the bridge. “You have to let the crowd live its narrative,” Williams said, now strolling, answering text messages on his phone. “When the NYPD gets in the way, that’s when the trouble starts.” Williams had handled the delicate politics with the cops, even as the marchers had found their own path.
The son of Grenadian immigrants, Williams, 44, spent time as a community board member and tenant organizer before winning a seat on the City Council representing Brooklyn’s 45th District, which includes Flatbush, Marine Park, and Midwood, in 2009. A registered Democrat who is a self-described democratic socialist, Williams sometimes calls himself an “activist elected official” — a description he’s lived up to, getting arrested while protesting in 2017 and 2018.
Johnson was one of many who walked alongside Williams on Sunday. John Liu, a state senator representing Queens, joined the public advocate for a while. Marchers introduced themselves to Williams to thank him for his work. A string of young black men told him that he was an inspiration. A friend from Brooklyn College tagged along. One police officer recognized Williams from the high-school Spanish class they shared at Brooklyn Tech.
As we neared Church Street, NYPD vehicles raced past us. There was a standoff happening between the marchers and a group of police who had charged through the crowd and arrested one of the protesters. As we approached the intersection, Williams picked up the pace, just as he had near the Manhattan Bridge. By the time we reached the intersection, about 250 protesters were observing a moment of silence while kneeling in the middle of Canal Street, facing a line of cops three rows deep.
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