To: President Donald Trump
Tell Obama: Don't Put Ray Kelly, Mr. Stop-And-Frisk, in Charge of Homeland Security
Dear President Obama: Ray Kelly is not qualified to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Please don't do this to us.
Why is this important?
President Obama recently said that NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly has "been an outstanding leader in New York" and is "well-qualified" to run the Department of Homeland Security.
Growing up in Brooklyn, I was stopped by the NYPD at least 60 times before my 18th birthday. They never told me what I was doing wrong. In NYC, if you’re a young black or Hispanic man like me, you fit the target description.
As President Obama explained powerfully on Friday, racial profiling is painful and degrading. And for people like Sean Bell and Trayvon Martin, it is deadly. Now I’m a father myself and I don’t want the same thing happening to my kids.
My experiences have motivated me to want to be a lawyer, so I can help young people come together and change the whole system. You can watch a video of my story here: http://bit.ly/TyquansStory.
Ray Kelly is responsible for the NYPD program that has stopped people nearly 5 million times. The program doesn’t work: 88 percent of the people stopped are not arrested or ticketed; guns are almost never recovered; and the practice has really harmed the relationship between the police and the community.
Dear President Obama: Ray Kelly is not qualified to lead the Department of Homeland Security. We can’t let a man who believes so strongly in racial profiling run our nation’s immigration system. Appointing Kelly would be so hurtful to me and to the millions of others who feel the sting of racial prejudice every day. Please don’t do this.
Growing up in Brooklyn, I was stopped by the NYPD at least 60 times before my 18th birthday. They never told me what I was doing wrong. In NYC, if you’re a young black or Hispanic man like me, you fit the target description.
As President Obama explained powerfully on Friday, racial profiling is painful and degrading. And for people like Sean Bell and Trayvon Martin, it is deadly. Now I’m a father myself and I don’t want the same thing happening to my kids.
My experiences have motivated me to want to be a lawyer, so I can help young people come together and change the whole system. You can watch a video of my story here: http://bit.ly/TyquansStory.
Ray Kelly is responsible for the NYPD program that has stopped people nearly 5 million times. The program doesn’t work: 88 percent of the people stopped are not arrested or ticketed; guns are almost never recovered; and the practice has really harmed the relationship between the police and the community.
Dear President Obama: Ray Kelly is not qualified to lead the Department of Homeland Security. We can’t let a man who believes so strongly in racial profiling run our nation’s immigration system. Appointing Kelly would be so hurtful to me and to the millions of others who feel the sting of racial prejudice every day. Please don’t do this.