Press Releases

For immediate release:
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

For immediate release:
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.

For immediate release:
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.

For immediate release:
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.

For immediate release:
March 18, 2013

Elected Officials, Civil Rights and Community Leaders Support Putting Stop-and-Frisk on Trial

On first day of federal trial, New Yorkers call for end to discriminatory policing, support for reforms and lawsuit, and new mayoral leadership

Elected officials, New Yorkers targeted by stop-and-frisk and other discriminatory policing practices, and civil rights and community leaders expressed support for the federal class action lawsuit against the Bloomberg administration’s unlawful use of stop-and-frisk outside of the courthouse today as the trial began. Today’s action kicked off a series of events that will occur outside of the courthouse throughout the trial, highlighting communities impacted by discriminatory policing practices and support for the lawsuit.

For immediate release:
January 8, 2013

CPR Statement Re: Federal court decision ruling NYPD’s Clean Halls program unconstitutional

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement today from spokesperson Joo-Hyun Kang on Judge Shira Scheindlin’s decision ruling the NYPD’s Clean Halls program unconstitutional in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

For immediate release:
December 12, 2012

CPR Statement Re: Dr. Jeffrey Fagan’s Expert Report on Stop-and-Frisk released by the Center for Constitutional Rights

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement today from spokesperson Joo-Hyun Kang on Dr. Jeffrey Fagan’s expert report analyzing NYPD stop-and-frisk data from January 2010 to June 2012 that was released by the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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