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Dear Cinquez,
We're writing to share some good news — New York City will finally begin reforming its stop-and-frisk program.
Newly-elected Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that he has reached an agreement with our friends at the Center for Constitutional Rights to appoint a monitor to oversee reforms to the NYPD's program of aggressive, baseless stops of Black and brown New Yorkers.
We fought hard for this. Together with our partners across New York City, thousands of us signed petitions, made phone calls, and rallied at the steps of City Hall to call for an overhaul of stop-and-frisk.
This is a big step forward. But we can't stop now — we have to keep organizing to hold the police accountable in New York City and across the country.
It's taken years of tireless organizing to win these reforms of the NYPD, and we will continue to work with partners to monitor progress. It demonstrates that when we come together as a community to speak out against injustices like stop-and-frisk, we can win.
Police departments across the country have relied on violence and racial profiling to target and harass our communities for far too long.
That's why we have to use every means possible to challenge police abuse.
From rallying around individuals like Darrin Manning, a 16-year-old in Philadelphia who was stopped and frisked by the police so aggressively that his genitals were injured; to advocating for legislative change; to developing innovative new tools like CopWatchNYC.org to help New Yorkers safely and lawfully observe, record and report police officers, we will keep fighting — but we need your support.
Please chip in $5 to support the movement to hold the police accountable.
Thanks and Peace,
--Rashad, Matt, Arisha, Aimée, Johnny and the rest of the ColorOfChange team.
February 18th, 2014
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