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20 Convicted for Protesting NYPD Stop and Frisk Policy

HeadlineMay 07, 2012

Twenty activists were convicted on Friday of disorderly conduct for blocking a New York City police station door in October to protest the police department’s stop-and-frisk policy. Defendants included Princeton University Professor Cornel West. Most of the activists were sentenced to time served.

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