COMMUNITY JUSTICE FORUM:
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Stop and Frisk and Marijuana Arrests:
Policing Communities of Color in Harlem and Beyond
In 2011, More than 684,000 individuals, primarily young African-American and Latino men and women, were stopped under New York City's controversial "Stop and Frisk" policy. On Thursday, December 6, the Center and key partners hosted a forum to spotlight the devastating consequences of these and related policing tactics.The discussion included the following leading advocates and researchers on the city's Stop and Frisk policy and its disproportionate impact on communities of colors:
• Harry Levine of Queens College on the consequences of Stop and Frisk, including the problem of marijuana arrests, the legality of Stop and Frisk, and police tactics.
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• Delores Jones Brown of John Jay College on the current state of Stop and Frisk, legal challenges to the policy, and police reform activities under way in New York City.
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• Khary Lazarre-White, director of The Brother Sister Sol, on innovative practices to address Stop and Frisk, especially through legal education and peer rights training.
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• Rakim Jenkins, a CCNY senior and member of the Black Student Union on current student social-justice work and plans on campus and off. Read more about our speakers.
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Sponsors of the forum are the Office of the President, the Colin Powell Center, the CCNY Division of Social Sciences, and the student organization Leaders Against Systemic Injustice (LASI).
(Locate City College on Google Maps here.)
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