How a 'Blue Wall' Inside New York State Prisons Protects Abusive Guards Records and interviews reveal a culture of cover. Judge Anthony Brindisi of the Court of Claims ruled this month that New York state owes restitution to 28 current and former inmates for the pain and humiliation they suffered that day in 2016. The blue wall's "big three" of Illinois, California and New York lost Congressional seats in 2020 and are likely to lose more in 2030, transferring their electoral votes to places like Texas and Florida, both of which had a pronounced red shift in the most recent election.
Many states, but not New York, tightened their rules on eminent domain after the Supreme Court in 2005's Kelo v. New London, argues Reason's J.D. Tuccille.
The "blue wall" is a term used to refer to states that have historically voted for the democratic party during the presidential elections since 1992. In 2016, Donald Trump won the presidency by breaching the blue wall with victories in the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. All three were reclaimed in 2020 by Joe Biden, but in 2024, these states went Republican again.
The blue wall of silence was real, and it was enforced through fear of being labeled a snitch or an outcast. For many rookies, learning how to read the streets, how drug carriers walked, where their eyes drifted, and how to interpret subtle body language was just as important as learning the law. Belonging mattered.
A review of thousands of pages of court records and disciplinary data has revealed a culture of covering up egregious violence and abuse in New York State prisons. Incarcerated people who were assaulted by officers were commonly given false charges and thrown in solitary, while officers would often lie during investigations and on reports. Records and interviews reveal a culture of cover.
The Blue Wall at 9/11 Museum: A Resilient Concrete Guardian and Testament to New York's Unyielding Spirit I remember the first time I descended into the depths of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, a sense of solemnity washing over me with each step. As I moved through the quiet exhibits, absorbing the raw, heartbreaking narrative of that fateful day, there was one particular sight that truly. BEACON, N.Y.
- The way the prison guards described it in their paperwork, there was a minor disturbance the day they took Chad Stanbro to a dental clinic a.