CPR Announcements

June 17th, 3pm: Father's Day Silent March to End Racial Profiling & Stop-and-Frisk Abuses

Posted on June 12, 2012

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is joining the NAACP, National Action Network, 1199 SEIU and over 200 other community, labor and faith organizations on Father's Day, to march down 5th Avenue and call for an end to racial profiling and the massive expansion of stop-and-frisk abuses by the NYPD. Join tens of thousands of New Yorkers, as we shine a national spotlight on NYPD discriminatory policies and practices, like stop-and-frisk abuses.

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CPR calls for NYPD transparency and accountability

Posted on March 19, 2012

Communities united for Police Reform joined City Council members, civil rights leaders and faith leaders at a press conference on Thursday March 15th, to call for transparency from NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly at the city council's annual budget hearing.

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CPR's Week of Action starts February 26: Stepping Up Resistance to Police Violence

Posted on February 20, 2012

Communities United for Police Reform will be launching our campaign with events around New York City, taking our message to City Hall, and to the communities most intensely targeted by these profoundly unfair policing practices. All listed events are free, some have pre-registration or other specific requirements. For general information about the week: justice [at] changethenypd.org

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Why Is the NYPD After Me?

Posted on February 13, 2012

In late December, the New York Times featured the story of Nicholas Peart, in a Sunday Review article called “Young, Black and Frisked by the NYPD.” Read about Nicholas’ experience here.

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