Walter “Hawk” Newsome Jr., a former project manager at Wilson Elser, went on to get his law degree and now serves as head of the New York branch of activist group Black Lives Matter. After the recent election of Donald Trump to president, Newsome is now vowing to turn his organization into a Black Tea Party.
November 16, 2016 at 04:55 PM
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Since Donald Trump stunned media and political pundits with his presidential election victory last week, protests have picked up across the country.
In New York, police have arrested dozens of protesters marching on Trump Tower in New York and elsewhere around the Big Apple. Among those offering assistance to individuals taken into custody is Walter “Hawk” Newsome Jr., the 39-year-old president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York and a former Big Law staffer.
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