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Protest Blocks NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Speech at Brown University

HeadlineOct 31, 2013

Alleged racial profiling by employees at Macy’s and Barneys has been dubbed “shop-and-frisk,” a reference to the New York City Police Department’s “stop-and-frisk” policies. Those police tactics faced a protest of their own this week at Brown University. New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was standing at a lectern with a campus official about to deliver a speech on so-called “proactive policing” when protesters shut down the event.

Protester 1: “[Unintelligible] and we’re here to tell you that the community is not going take it.”

Protester 2: “Racism is not for debate!”

Protester 3: “Enough is enough! Enough is enough!”

Official: “We’re asking that you let him speak and you make your comments as part of the question-and-answer part of this program.”

Protester 4: “We’re asking you to stop stopping and frisking people!”

The protest forced the cancellation of Kelly’s speech.

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