Here in New York, protests and marches against racism and police brutality continued for a 17th straight day Thursday. In the Bronx, 16-year-old Jahmel Leach says NYPD officers shot him in the face with a Taser and slammed him into the ground at a recent Black Lives Matter protest, leaving him hospitalized with broken teeth and facial lacerations. Leach also says officers forced him to walk around naked at the 52nd Precinct. The website theGrio interviewed the teenager by email, since his jaw is still wired shut from his injuries. Meanwhile, the National Lawyers Guild says NYPD officers intentionally targeted legal observers for harassment, assault and arrest at recent protests. Official NYPD policy acknowledges the right of legal observers — who wear signature fluorescent green hats at demonstrations — to monitor police activity and to record the names of those arrested.