New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is in hot water after attempting to defend the city’s stop-and-frisk policy by claiming that African-Americans are actually “understopped.” In an interview with ABC’s Nightline, Kelly defended the NYPD’s use of the tactic, rejecting the notion that stop-and-frisk is directed disproportionately at New York’s African-American and Latino population. “The [...]
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly: African-Americans ‘Understopped’ in Stop-And-Frisk
May 3, 2013 | Posted by
Bloomberg Forcefully Defends Stop-and-Frisk, Accuses NY Times of Racism
May 1, 2013 | Posted by
In a vociferous defense of the controversial stop-and-frisk policy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused critics of the practice, which is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit, of trying to make the city less safe. The mayor even lashed out at the New York Times for failing to cover the senseless murder of a 17-year-old black boy—the [...]
Kimani Gray’s Mother Refuses NYC Mayor’s Condolences
March 26, 2013 | Posted by
Family, friends and supporters mourned Kimani Gray at his funeral Saturday, two weeks after the 16-year-old was shot and killed by plainclothes police officers. Services for the teen were held at St. Catherine of Genoa Church in Brooklyn, with police watching over the proceedings. The New York City Police Department claims that the officers fired [...]
Witness Brought to Tears During Stop and Frisk Testimony
March 19, 2013 | Posted by
Testimony began in the federal court case examining New York City’s stop and frisk policy Monday with one defendant shedding tears in recounting a 2011 stop by police. The plaintiffs in the class action suit are expected to call a dozen minority citizens who feel they were unfairly stopped by police based on their race. [...]
NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Goes on Trial in Manhattan Courtroom
March 18, 2013 | Posted by
After years of controversy and debate over the stop-and-frisk program practiced by the New York Police Department, black and Hispanic men in the city will finally have their day in court, as the trial begins today in a lawsuit that challenges the very premise of the controversial practice. The trial in Federal District Court in [...]
NAACP President Ben Jealous Attacks NYC Stop-and-Frisk Law
February 18, 2013 | Posted by
NAACP President Ben Jealous called on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to end the controversial stop-and-frisk program before he leaves office next January and admit that he’s been wrong for the past decade in claiming the program is effective. Jealous made his remarks yesterday from the pulpit of Nazarene Congregational Church in Brooklyn — just [...]
Federal Judge Rules Bronx Stop-and-Frisk Program is Unconstitutional
January 9, 2013 | Posted by
New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk program was dealt a severe blow yesterday when a federal judge ruled that a portion of the program being used in the Bronx was an unconstitutional violation of the rights of city residents who are being stopped without probable cause. The decision should have a transforming effect on a program [...]
Video Exposes Racist NYC Cops During Violent Stop-And-Frisk
October 10, 2012 | Posted by
A shocking audio recording shows NYPD officers callingan African-American teenager a “fucking mutt,” and threatening him with repeated violence during a stop-and-frisk of the 16-year-old Harlem student. The profanity-laced clip, obtained by The Nation, exposes the racist behavior and violent predisposition by the three plainclothes officers who stopped the student, named Alvin, simply because he [...]
Poll: Majority of New Yorkers Think NYPD Prefers Whites Over Blacks
August 22, 2012 | Posted by
Sixty-four percent of New Yorkers believe the NYPD favors whites over blacks, according to a recent New York Times poll. Among the respondents, 80 percent of blacks said the New York Police Department practices racial favoritism while almost half (48 percent) of white New Yorkers agreed. At the center of the debate is the controversial [...]
Thousands March Silently in NYC to Protest Stop-and-Frisk
June 18, 2012 | Posted by
Thousands of demonstrators marched up Manhattan streets in total silence yesterday to protest the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, which research has revealed primarily targets young black and Hispanic males in the city. The march was endorsed by a coalition of 299 groups in the city, including the NAACP, unions, religious groups and Japanese, [...]
