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A plea for reforms to halt NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy

Increasing number of New Yorkers oppose practice, new poll finds
11/28/2012
New York Daily News

It is a simple concept: We are all New Yorkers and, as such, we all deserve to be equally respected by authorities.

It is a simple concept, yet those who are supposed to “protect and serve” every city resident have had a very tough time grasping it.

The increasing number of New Yorkers who oppose stop-and-frisk — and its obstinate defense by Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly — is the most blatant example of this disconnect.

Momentum Builds in the Fight Against Stop-and-Frisk

10/31/2012
The Nation

New York City Council member Deborah Rose adjourned a three-and-a-half-hour evening hearing on stop-and-frisk with a word of advice:

“Be safe traveling home,” she said. “Avoid the police.”

There seemed little else to say, now that Rose and the packed room of hearing attendees had heard nearly thirty testimonies of abuse and harassment at the hands of the New York City Police Department.

City Hall rally demands halt to NYPD stop-and-frisk tactic, passage of Community Safety Act

Legislation provides ‘transparency, oversight, and accountability’ to prevent police abuse
09/30/2012
Daily News

Fed up with what they believe are discriminatory practices by the NYPD, more than 800 New Yorkers rallied last Thursday at City Hall.

Among other things they called for is an end to stop-and-frisk, which overwhelmingly affects black and Latino youth and has become the most visible example of police discrimination and abuse of power.

“Stop-and-frisk makes youth of color feel like we are criminals and not welcome in our own city,” said Alfredo Carrasquillo of the Brooklyn-based VOCAL-NY, one of the groups that participated in the rally,

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