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NAACP president Ben Jealous and Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, discuss the impact policies like stop and frisk have on communities. Fulton spoke out against stop-and-frisk noting: “You can’t give people the authority, whether it’s civilians or police officers, the right to just stop somebody because of the color of their skin.” […]
A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city’s young people of color in the NYPD’s crosshairs. As reported by The Nation, In the course of the two-minute recording, the officers give no legally valid reason for the stop, use racially charged language and […]
Donald Trump committed 5 unforced errors during Monday’s debate – any of which could prove to be fatal in the general election. Post-debate polls show Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton crushing Donald Trump during the first presidential debate. CNN‘s poll of debate viewers shows Clinton winning 62% to Trump’s 27%. According to the CNN/ORC Poll of […]
A recent report by Capital New York claims that for the past ten years, thousands of edits to Wikipedia pages related to police brutality have been occurring and can be traced directly to the New York Police Department. The report says in part, “Computer users identified by Capital as working on the NYPD headquarters’ network […]
I would like to begin by noting that while I would not ever call myself “pro-police,” I am certainly not anti-police. That being said, I am disgusted by this weekend’s spectacle by officers at the funeral of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos. We have written a lot about the Westboro Baptist Church since the creation […]