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To: MAYOR STEVE NOBLE AND THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD
CEASE THE OVERPOLICING AND OCCUPATION OF THE 4TH WARD, KINGSTON,NY
We the people of Ulster County demand that the harassment of the African American community by the police in Kingston, NY immediately stop.
We want the City of Kingston police, Mayor Noble, Ulster County sheriff, and NYS troopers to cease the so-called guns & drugs assignment, which is a cover for Stop & Frisk and is well documented to terrorize the inhabitants in the 4th ward and midtown Kingston and New York State.
We want the City of Kingston police, Mayor Noble, Ulster County sheriff, and NYS troopers to cease the so-called guns & drugs assignment, which is a cover for Stop & Frisk and is well documented to terrorize the inhabitants in the 4th ward and midtown Kingston and New York State.
Why is this important?
We stand together, as a community against your discriminatory policing in our communities targeting People of Color, who due to loss of life at the hands of police across the country are being retraumatized by Kingston's version of Stop & Frisk.
We have seen lots of lip service and cosmetic change around police accountability from the state and county as well. However, from statements from the community as well as video, it’s going back to business as usual. Broken windows policing. Police cruising around under the guise of looking for
suspected trouble, but really inciting violence and inducing trauma with “random searches” for issues as harmless as broken tail lights and loud mufflers, looking for guns and drugs as they have admitted publicly. This is the Kingston version of “Stop and Frisk”.
Moreover, the people who are being victimized by stop & frisk tactics are reluctant to file complaints because they know from experience and historically, complaints lead to retaliation
We have seen lots of lip service and cosmetic change around police accountability from the state and county as well. However, from statements from the community as well as video, it’s going back to business as usual. Broken windows policing. Police cruising around under the guise of looking for
suspected trouble, but really inciting violence and inducing trauma with “random searches” for issues as harmless as broken tail lights and loud mufflers, looking for guns and drugs as they have admitted publicly. This is the Kingston version of “Stop and Frisk”.
Moreover, the people who are being victimized by stop & frisk tactics are reluctant to file complaints because they know from experience and historically, complaints lead to retaliation