Thousands Hold Silent March to Mayor Bloomberg's Home in Protest of NYPD's "Stop-and-Frisk"

Thousands of people held a silent march in New York City on Sunday to protest the New York City Police Department's controversial "stop-and-frisk" policies. The warrantless search initiative has drawn accusations of being unconstitutional and while mostly targeting people of color, overwhelmingly black and Latino men. We hear from several voices at the march: Reverend Al Sharpton; Donna Lieberman of the New York Civil Liberties Union; Benjamin Jealous of the NAACP; and New York City residents who have endured dozens of "stop-and-frisk" searches.

Watch Part 2 of our video report from the protest: http://youtu.be/rPJVc45jw9o

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[DutchsMaria]

Please educate yourseves on the Incorporation Doctrine where the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights does not only apply to the Federal govt but to State govts as well.....Its the Law of the Land. Major Bloomberg is violating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This is pure fascism and it is creeping up everywhere.

[Roberto De La Torre]

Geraldo Rivera is a dbag

[evenkeel87]

LMAO.

Thanks for sharing that with me. Made my day.

[NewYorkRawVideos]

geraldo got shushed earlier in the march when he tried narrating, check my video (at 38 sec into the vid)

/watch?v=G0itPx8glys#t=38s

[Melvin Keelen]

The funny thing about this is some politicians who are non blavk or brown telling you why you shouldn't be offended by this law.

[Melvin Keelen]

Richard Nixon must be smiling in his grave somewhere.

[LANDSHARK7130]

agree 1000%

[LANDSHARK7130]

should have protested the soft drink size restrictions while they were there. 2 birds 1 stone.

[Skylar Thomas]

FUCK THE NYPD...