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BROOKLYN, N.Y.

Protest targets racist cops

Published Jun 13, 2012 8:31 PM

“Stop Stop and Frisk!” was one of the chants at a march and rally in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood on June 9. The action was called by Black and Latina women in Mothers Resisting Racist Policing and supported by Occupy Wall Street’s Stop-and-Frisk Working Group. Almost one-third of Brownsville residents — mostly oppressed people — experienced the cops’ racist stop-and-frisk practice last year. Protesters marched and rallied in front of the entrance of the 73rd police precinct. A disabled mother and others spoke of racist police brutality perpetrated on them, their neighbors and families. Police brutality survivor Lorraine Matthews brought her grandchildren along. She has defended neighbors like the 43 youth recently snatched up over alleged affiliation with gangs. People in Brownsville gave gestures of support for — and some joined in — the militant protest against racist repression.