John, a 25-year-old Navy veteran, spoke to a crowd at Zuccotti about his experiences with "stop and frisk." While going to get Chinese food with friends, he was pulled over, handcuffed, and asked to perform a dance by the NYPD called the "Chicken Noodle Soup." The leaders claimed that the NYPD is on pace to stop and frisk 700,000 this year in NY. 85 percent will be blacks and latinos, and 92 percent of them will have done nothing wrong.
Because of situations like John's, Dr. Cornell West and Carl Dix, a spokeman for the Revolutionary Communist Party, led a march to a local police precinct in Harlem. With religious leaders and OWS protesters, they linked arms in front of the police station as an act of nonviolent civil disobedience. They were all arrested.
4 comments:
Hi. I was thinking of heading out that way, specifically to support the end of NY's Stop and Frisk law. Other than that, do you know what Occupy Wallstreet is trying to accomplish? What laws do they want changed or implemented? What exactly is their agenda? And do you think I can vancamp or would it be better to take a bus and walk it out? Thanks for any help.
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The Tuckerbag
Gypsy--I'll do a post on what I think the point of the movement is, so hopefully I'll address some of those questions. I really don't think it would be a great place to vancamp. The roads here are insanely busy, cops are everywhere, and parking will be a nightmare. I definitely recommend bus/subway/walking. Don't bring too much stuff or valuables! There's been plenty of theft issues here.
Ash--thanks! I'll check out yours when I'm settled down.
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