police brutality
In San Francisco, controversy swirls around stop-and-frisk
July 18, 2012The controversy erupted when Mayor Ed Lee made it known he was thinking about stop-and frisk for this city.
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New Yorkers debate ending “stop and frisk”
June 28, 2012On June 24, the New York Friends of the People's World hosted a forum on ending "stop and frisk."
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New Yorkers protest “stop and frisk”
June 18, 2012Some 300 organizations joined together in a show of solidarity over the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" policy.
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600 percent increase in racial stop-and-frisk policing in NY
February 17, 2012Over 684.000 people were subjected to the New York Police Department's aggressive tactics in 2011, a 14 percent increase over the previous year.
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Police torture victims continue to seek justice, freedom
August 12, 2011Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued as a defendant in a lawsuit filed over decades-old allegations of police torture and a citywide conspiracy to cover it up.
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