Dennis Flores (activist)

Dennis Flores is a Puerto Rican activist and "cop watcher" who works in New York City.[1]

Dennis Flores
Flores in 2016

Background

Flores began filming the activities of the New York Police Department in 1995,[2] and has been arrested more than 70 times during this period.[1] According to the BBC, Flores's "use of video to expose police brutality has blazed a trail for the growing police accountability movement."[1] In 2002, Flores and a few others co-founded the activist group El Grito de Sunset Park, before filming police activities was common.[2] According to Flores, the organization was founded with a $270,000 settlement he received after the police attacked him in 2002.[3] The group's activities include organizing an art festival; advocating against gentrification; and photographing police activities.[4]

References
  1. Nevett, Joshua (June 10, 2020). "George Floyd: The personal cost of filming police brutality". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. Surico, John (August 21, 2015). "On Patrol with the Copwatchers Who Film the NYPD". Vice. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. Robé, Christopher (Winter 2020). "El Grito de Sunset Park: Cop Watching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism". Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 59 (2): 67–69. doi:10.1353/cj.2020.0003.
  4. Guzmán Valerio, Luis (2019). "Community organizing in Sunset Park on the eve of the 2016 election". Latino Studies. 17: 382–388. doi:10.1057/s41276-019-00187-x.
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