To: Bill DeBlasio, Mayor-elect
Tell DeBlasio not to hire Bill Bratton as top cop
Bill "Broken Windows" Bratton started the slide into the oppressive police tactics which we suffered with Bloomberg and Kelly. Bratton left NYC in 1996 before they had terrorism to scare the populous and justify misguided overpolicing. It is way more than stop and frisk, Broken Windows is an excuse to harass minorities and anyone who doesn't fit the standard mode. It protects the tourists, hipsters, rich people while criminalizing everyone one. If DeBlasio was really a progressive, Bratton would be the last person he would appoint as top cop. Let's hold DeBlasio's feet to the fire.
Why is this important?
I was arrested for simply wearing a mask on an OWS march. I spent several hours in jail for simply exercising my constitutional rights. I am one of about 1,000 people from OWS alone who had interactions with the criminal justice system for non-criminal activity. The NYPD must stop criminalizing our youth, our activities, our sons and daughters. Bratton is the wrong choice