Stop And Frisk

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Instead Of Attacking Sharpton Church Leaders Should Step Up And Lead

Photo by Howard Simmons in New York Daily News shows, left to right: Carl Washington, Pastor New Mt Zion Baptist Church, Kris Erskine, Pastor ...

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New York: Robbing “Hood”; Steal From The Poor, Give To The Rich

Heckuva Job Bloomberg! [What’s On My Mind] I was once a Republican so what I’m about to talk about comes with some insight into ...

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Bill Thompson, A Most Worthy Challenger: Time To Unite Behind de Blasio

Kingmaker Dante has the most coveted afro in politics. Watch out for Lhota’s scissors [Black Star News Editorial]   It’s Bill de Blasio to ...

In Big Blow To Bloomberg Legacy Council Overrides Veto And Appoints Police Inspector General

  Bloomberg and Kelly; series of legal and political reversals In a blow to Michael Bloomberg’s legacy as mayor of New York City for ...

Judge Scheindlin’s Stop-and-Frisk Ruling Means Black And Latino Officers Also Racially Targeting

Bloomberg, shown with Commissioner Kelly, was dealt a blow by Scheindlin ruling [Pardon My Rant] It was 12:10pm on a Tuesday. The date was ...

Fingerprinting NYCHA Folks: Mayor Bloomberg Versus Black And Latino Pre-Convicts

The Mayor as PreCog? [Black Star News Editorial] Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to fingerprint residents who live in so-called “housing projects” operated by the ...

Judge Scheindlin Speaks Truth To Power: Stop-and-Frisk Is Racist And Unconstitutional

Scheindlin: America’s most honest judge? Rejected Bloomberg’s Black bogeyman fear-mongering [Speaking Truth To Power] On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin decided what ...

NYC Comptroller John C. Liu Sharply Denounces Bloomberg On Stop-and-Frisk Appeal

NYC Comptroller Liu New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate John C. Liu has sharply denounced Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to appeal the ruling ...

De Blasio Slams Bloomberg On Plan to Appeal Stop-And-Frisk Ruling

Public advocate and mayoral contender de Blasio [NYC Mayoral Election 2013]   Leading mayoral contender Bill de Blasio today slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement ...

Stop-and-Frisk Is Immoral and Illegitimate—
Don’t Mend It. End It!

  After weeks of testimony by victims of New York City’s Stop-and-Frisk who filed the federal lawsuit, Floyd v. City of New York, the judge ...