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    As Judge Weighs Legality of NYPD's Stop and Frisk, Justice Dept. Calls for Court-Appointed Monitor

    The Obama administration is backing calls for a court-appointed monitor to oversee New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk policing program. In a brief filed Wednesday night, the Justice Department endorsed the appointment of a monitor in the event "stop and frisk" is deemed to be unlawful. A New York judge is set to decide on a lawsuit that says "stop and frisk" is unconstitutional and unfairly targets people of...
    Jun 13, 2013 | Story
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    Testimony, Recordings at Trial Reveal the Racial Biases and Arrest Quotas Behind NYPD's Stop & Frisk

    A historic trial is underway challenging the New York City Police Department’s controversial "stop-and-frisk" policy as unconstitutional and unfairly targeting people of color. Recent data shows the vast majority of the five million people stopped and frisked by the NYPD over the past decade are African American or Latino, with nearly 90 percent neither ticketed nor arrested. We play secretly recorded police tapes heard in the...
    Apr 04, 2013 | Story
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    Bronx Residents Accosted by NYPD Win Landmark Court Ruling Deeming "Stop and Frisk" Tactic Illegal

    A federal judge has ruled that New York City police are not allowed to routinely stop pedestrians outside of private residential buildings in the Bronx. The stops are part of the so-called Clean Halls program, which has prompted allegations of police harassment by some residents who say they are being accosted outside of the buildings in which they live. Previous data on the New York Police Department’s "stop-and-frisk" policy...
    Jan 10, 2013 | Story
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    VIDEO: Police Detained Ramarley Graham's Grandmother for Hours After Officer Shot Teen Dead

    Ramarley Graham, 18, was shot dead on February 2 after New York police officers raided his home without a warrant and shot him dead. He was unarmed. Ramarley’s grandmother and his six-year-old brother were home at the time of the shooting. In this web exclusive we air more of our interview with Ramarley’s mother, Constance Malcolm; family attorney Royce Russell; and Carlton Berkley, a close friend of the Graham family and a former...
    Jun 19, 2012 | Web Exclusive
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    Full Interview: Comedian, Activist Dick Gregory on Racial Profiling, the Death Penalty and Obama

    Amy Goodman interviews the legendary comedian Dick Gregory at Sunday’s Father’s Day march against the New York police practice known as stop-and-frisk. Gregory, 79, also talks about racial profiling, police relations, the execution of Troy Davis and the 2012 race. [includes rush transcript]
    Jun 19, 2012 | Web Exclusive
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    Ramarley Graham, Unarmed Black Teen Slain by NYPD, Remembered at Weekly Vigils Outside Bronx Home

    Today a Democracy Now! special on the life and death of Ramarley Graham, a teenager who was shot dead by a New York City police officer inside his own bathroom in the Bronx on February 2nd. Graham, 18, was shot at close range after narcotics detectives barged into his home. New York police officer Richard Haste was indicted on manslaughter charges for the fatal shooting last week. At a weekly vigil held by the Graham family outside their home,...
    Jun 19, 2012 | Story
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    From Youth to Elderly, NYPD's "Stop-and-Frisk" Targets People of Color Across Multiple Generations

    Thousands participated in a silent march in the streets of New York City on Sunday calling on police to stop their practice known as "stop-and-frisk." Last year, New York City police officers stopped and interrogated residents nearly 700,000 times. According to the New York Civil Liberties Union, about 87 percent of those stopped were black or Latino. We speak to stop-and-frisk victims and youth organizers Carmen Perez and Antonio Melendez....
    Jun 19, 2012 | Story
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    Actor J.D. Williams of HBO's "The Wire": Fear of Police Harassment "Second Nature" for Black Youths

    J.D. Williams, an actor who played drug dealer Preston "Bodie" Broadus on the hit HBO series, "The Wire," took part in Sunday’s New York City march against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy. "It’s a sad thing that it becomes kind of natural with young black men," Williams says. "It kind of becomes second nature with us, in a way where we expect to be stopped or we expect to be bothered or we...
    Jun 19, 2012 | Story
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    Dick Gregory, Legendary Comedian and Activist, Condemns Routine Targeting of Black Youth by NYPD

    Dick Gregory, 79, took part in Sunday’s march against NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy in New York City. He criticized police departments across the country for racially profiling persons of color. "It’s happened all the time. It’s just there was never no spotlight on it. And that’s what’s so beautiful about this here," Gregory said. [includes rush transcript]
    Jun 19, 2012 | Story
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    "They're Invading Me": Vietnam Veteran John Covington on Being Targeted by Police Stop-and-Frisks

    "They’re invading me, as if I was invading the beach of Normandy or something," says John Covington at Sunday’s march against the New York City Police Department practice known as stop-and-frisk. "I become a piece of property to them, and they can do anything they want to me because they’re the police. You want to have respect for the police, but they don’t have respect for us. That’s the key, the whole...
    Jun 19, 2012 | Story