~WE ARE PROGRESSIVE-AGGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS AND WE TOOK, BY THE POWER OF OUR BALLOTS, BACK OUR CITY!!!! WE SAID STOP & FRISK FRISK THING THAT GOT TO GO: WELL, I AM MOST HAPPY & PROUD TO REPORT IT IS FINISHED IN MY HOMETOWN NEW YORK CITY!!!!~ NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who ran on a pledge to reform the police departments aggressive use of stop-and-frisk practices, reached a deal with a civil liberties group on Thursday to end the long legal fight.....(Mayor) De Blasio called it a defining moment in our history, saying it would lay the foundation for not only keeping us the safest big city in America, but making us safer still. De Blasios announcement came at a press conference in Brooklyns Brownsville neighborhood, where police stops were especially frequent. Lawyers for the plaintiffs who sued the city over stop-and-frisk joined city officials at the event. Today is the beginning of a long-overdue process: the reform of the NYPD to end illegal and racially discriminatory policing, said Vincent Warren, CCRs executive director. For too long, communities of color have felt under siege by the police, and young Black and Latino men have disproportionately been the target. news.yahoo/york-city-ends-legal-defense-stop-frisk-police-181726137.html;_ylt=A0LEVznOputSMjoAiQ9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzOW9pc2ZuBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDMyN18x?pt=tAD1SCT8P7/
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:41:35 +0000
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