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X_Digger

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3. Fuck the NYPD and their authoritarian crap..

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 07:06 PM

Mar 2012

Here are some other links..

http://www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-justice/stop-and-frisk-practices

[div class='excerpt']In 2011, 685,724 New Yorkers were stopped by the police.
605,328 were totally innocent (88 percent).
350,743 were black (53 percent).
223,740 were Latino (34 percent).
61,805 were white (9 percent).
341,581 were aged 14-24 (51 percent).

And if that doesn't chap your ass, here's another one..

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-03-07/news/the-nypd-tapes-confirmed/all/

(That one, and the linked articles are a looooooong read, but well worth it.)

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Suit: NYPD conducting illegal stops in private buildings [View all] IDemo Mar 2012 OP

Of course the NYPD is illegally searching black and Latino residents. KansDem Mar 2012 #1

WTF! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #2

Fuck the NYPD and their authoritarian crap.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #3

as is the wont in such cases, the overt racism rampant in Giuliani time .... marasinghe Mar 2012 #4

yep. it's awful. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #5

"F" the NYPD and the overtly corrupt Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #6