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To: District Attorney Dave Clegg
District Attorney Dave Clegg: Stop Prosecuting People Who Were Stopped and Frisked!
District Attorney Clegg,
The Wednesday Walk For Black Lives Coalition and the undersigned urge you to refuse to prosecute the charges resulting from the 10 week illegal stop and frisk tactics campaign and/or any extension of this campaign. We also urge that you publicly support the restitution for any fines, fees or cost impacts due to the illegal tactics to the impacted persons.
This practice is particularly egregious as we continue to struggle through a global pandemic together. The financial repercussions of this pandemic on the working class of Kingston are profound. To prey upon people who are already financially burdened, struggling to pay rent and bills and keep up on expensive car maintenance is predatory.
We urge you to refuse to prosecute the victims of these predatory tactics and publicly support restitution to the impacted persons.
The Wednesday Walk For Black Lives Coalition and the undersigned urge you to refuse to prosecute the charges resulting from the 10 week illegal stop and frisk tactics campaign and/or any extension of this campaign. We also urge that you publicly support the restitution for any fines, fees or cost impacts due to the illegal tactics to the impacted persons.
This practice is particularly egregious as we continue to struggle through a global pandemic together. The financial repercussions of this pandemic on the working class of Kingston are profound. To prey upon people who are already financially burdened, struggling to pay rent and bills and keep up on expensive car maintenance is predatory.
We urge you to refuse to prosecute the victims of these predatory tactics and publicly support restitution to the impacted persons.
Why is this important?
We have seen an abuse of power through a partnership of state, county and city police departments, at the behest of Mayor Steven Noble, blatantly violating the constitutional rights of Kingston residents through intimidation and illegal stop and frisk tactics. County and State police have been witnessed riding the same police cars.
Individuals and families have suffered abuse, re-traumatization and humiliation at the hands of these police departments through illegal searches of cars after stops for minor issues such as broken tail lights and other minor offenses that do not warrant a search.
Individuals and families have suffered abuse, re-traumatization and humiliation at the hands of these police departments through illegal searches of cars after stops for minor issues such as broken tail lights and other minor offenses that do not warrant a search.