Press Releases

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June 19, 2013

Color of Change, Peoples’ Justice, Communities United for Police Reform Launch Website to Empower Community Members to Monitor Police

Offers Tips on How to Effectively “Cop Watch,” and Document Police Misconduct

Color of Change, Peoples’ Justice and Communities United for Police Reform launched a new website, Cop Watch NYC (www.copwatchnyc.org), to empower and encourage New Yorkers to monitor the police through a practice known as “Cop Watch.” Cop Watch is the entirely legal practice of monitoring and documenting police activity in order to deter abusive policing, educate community members about their rights, and hold the police accountable for unfairly targeting and criminalizing specific communities, based on ra

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May 9, 2013

Communities United for Police Reform Holds Mayoral Forum on Public Safety Issues, including Gun Violence, Policing Issues, and Economic and Social Factors Related to Safety

At forum co-presented by Amsterdam News, Gay City News, and Global Grind, candidates are pressed on positions

New York, NY – Communities United for Police Reform, the New York Amsterdam News, Gay City News and GlobalGrind.com held a mayoral forum on community safety Thursday evening at Riverside Church. The forum was moderated by NY1 Noticias’ Pura Politica host Juan Manuel Benitez and focused on issues such as stop-and-frisk and other policing practices, gun violence, and economic and social factors related to safety.

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May 6, 2013

Advocates for Police Reforms Launch Non-Partisan Campaign Targeting Thousands of Prospective Voters

Communities United for Police Reform will begin citywide effort to mobilize voters impacted by stop-and-frisk

Communities United for Police Reform launched a non-partisan citywide campaign today to encourage the thousands of New Yorkers impacted by stop-and-frisk and other discriminatory policing practices to become active in the 2013 elections.

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April 24, 2013

CPR Statement Re: Speaker Christine Quinn’s Announcement on Public Safety

Communities United for Police Reform released the following statements in response to New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s announcement that she will not support an amended version of the anti-profiling bill – Intro 800 – of the Community Safety Act pending in the City Council.

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April 11, 2013

CPR Statement Re: Results of Quinnipiac Poll on Establishing NYPD Inspector General, Stop-and-Frisk

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement today from spokesperson Joo-Hyun Kang on the results of the Quinnipiac poll released today showing an overwhelming majority of New York City voters support creating an inspector general for the NYPD (66% - 25%) and do not believe it will make the city less safe (86% - 8%), an

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April 9, 2013

Elected and Civil Rights Leaders Announce Broad Support for Police Reforms to Help End Discriminatory Policing

100+ organizations from across city support Community Safety Act to strengthen ban on profiling, establish Inspector General, among other reforms

Communities United for Police Reform – together with Council Members Jumaane Williams, Brad Lander, Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP President Ben Jealous and others – announced that over 100 organizations from across the city have endorsed the Community Safety Act that is pending in the City Council.

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March 22, 2013

Bronx Residents Pack the Courthouse for Stop-and-Frisk Trial

Bronx Residents Pack the Courthouse for Stop-and-Frisk Trial

Today, as the first week of trial in the federal lawsuit – Floyd v. City of New York – draws to a close, more than 100 Bronx residents and representatives from several Bronx organizations packed the court and rallied to show support for the Floyd plaintiffs and to denounce discriminatory police practices.

For immediate release:
March 19, 2013

CPR Statement Re: Community Safety Act stop-and-frisk reforms in the City Council

A day after the start of the federal lawsuit – Floyd v. City of New York – challenging the city’s stop-and-frisk policy with violating constitutional protections against racial discrimination and unreasonable searches and seizure, and reports that the City Council is close to passing bills to reform discriminatory policing abuses, Communities United for Police Reform released the following statement.

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March 19, 2013

Brooklyn Leaders Express Support for Federal Lawsuit against Bloomberg Stop-and-Frisk Policy

Elected officials, community leaders and members from most stopped-and-frisked borough call for end to discriminatory policing, reforms

Brooklyn leaders joined together with residents of their borough today outside of a federal courthouse to express support for the federal class action lawsuit against the Bloomberg administration’s unlawful use of stop-and-frisk – Floyd v. City of New York.

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