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The purpose of this page is to document the police activity in our neighborhoods.  If you have a video or story you would like to submit please send us and email at info@allthingsharlem.com.

Local college student details numerous Stop and Frisks conducted on him by the NYPD

Ashley Gilbertson/VII, for The New York TimesThis young 23-year-old man gives us detailed accounts of the many stop and frisks that the NYPD has conducted on him during his short life.  He helps shed light and give us a personal account of the damage this racist practice of Stop and Frisk causes on individuals and the community as a whole.

Why Is The NYPD After Me? 

By: Nicholas K. Peart

NY Times - WHEN I was 14, my mother told me not to panic if a police officer stopped me. And she cautioned me to carry ID and never run away from the police or I could be shot. In the nine years since my mother gave me this advice, I have had numerous occasions to consider her wisdom.

One evening in August of 2006, I was celebrating my 18th birthday with my cousin and a friend. We were staying at my sister’s house on 96th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan and decided to walk to a nearby place and get some burgers. It was closed so we sat on benches in the median strip that runs down the middle of Broadway. We were talking, watching the night go by, enjoying the evening when suddenly, and out of nowhere, squad cars surrounded us. A policeman yelled from the window, “Get on the ground!”

I was stunned. And I was scared. Then I was on the ground — with a gun pointed at me. I couldn’t see what was happening but I could feel a policeman’s hand reach into my pocket and remove my wallet. Apparently he looked through and found the ID I kept there. “Happy Birthday,” he said sarcastically. The officers questioned my cousin and friend, asked what they were doing in town, and then said goodnight and left us on the sidewalk.

Read Full story at the NY TIMES

NYPD Police Commisioner Ray Kelly Heckled

A member of OWS's Stop Stop and Frisk Campaign follows Police Commisioner Ray Kelly in attempts to hand him an honarary, Bull Conor award, for excellence in cracking down on people of color.

NYPD arrests young college student for being in park after dark without ID

Another example of the disgusting practices of the NYPD that occur everyday in communities of color. This time a light gets shined on the situation because it happened to this young college student.  No one should be subject to this type of treatment. - ATH

NY Times - Early in the morning on Oct. 22, a Saturday, Ms. Zucker, 21, and her friend Alex Fischer, also 21, were stopped by the police in Riverside Park and given tickets for trespassing. Mr. Fischer was permitted to leave after he produced his driver’s license. But Ms. Zucker, on a visit to New York City with a group of Carnegie Mellon University seniors looking for jobs in design industries, had left her wallet in a hotel two blocks away.

Read Full Story at NY Times


 

Occupy Wall Street Day 4: Video of arrests of protesters!

NYPD doing what they do best. Harassing and arresting protesters for in attempts to scare and deter at Day 4 of Occupy Wall Street.

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Take a survey on the NYPD given by the New York Civil Liberties Union

Have an opinion about the NYPD’s practices in your neighborhood or an experience you would like to share? Take the survey and contribute to our campaign research.

NYPD Car Stop and Search in Harlem - Emergence of a Police State

Hiding behind a badge and a flashlight, two officers stop and search vehicle in Harlem. 


Watch full video below

- Hear from the officers as well as the men who were searched.

July 30, 2011 - NYPD officers stop and search the car of 2 men in Harlem.

Joseph "Jazz" Hayden, Founder of allthingsharlem.com films the incident and questions the officers as to why they are searching the man's vehicle. The officers point their flashlights at the camera the majority of the video to hide their faces.

After the stop, the two men who were stopped and searched gave an interview to allthingsharlem.com about how they felt racially profiled and would be filing a complaint with the Civilian Complaint Review Board against the officers.

Help Fight NYPD Misconduct In 2013 Mayoral Race

NY1 - Concerns of police misconduct and excessive ticketing may become an election day issue as members of the Urban Justice Center begin a new campaign aimed at reforming the way officers interact with the public. NY1's Dean Meminger filed the following report.

Bronx Teen Says Cops Attacked Him Over "doo-doo" Joke

(NY Daily News) - July 13, 2011.  A Bronx teen said two cops roughed him up when he mouthed off after one of them stepped in a pile of dog doo.Read Full Story


David Jones on Stop Frisk with Commander of Manhattan North, NYPD 

On May 26, 2011 David Jones, CEO of the Community Service Society compared police conduct in NYC to apartheid South Africa. Chief William Morris of NYPD North EVADED the issue in his response.

Man Arrested And Jailed For Drinking A Snapple, Bronx 

NY Daily News - A teetotaling Bronx Mormon says he spent two nights in jail after cops stopped him for drinking - a Snapple.

Douglas Brown, 41, said he will file a notice of claim Tuesday against the city, accusing police of locking him up after an officer asked what he was sipping and he gave a snarky retort. The notice is a precursor to filing a civil suit.  Read Full Story

Map of NYPD, Stop and Frisks with Statistics 

An interactive map that allows you view stop and frisk statistics block by block. 

The New York Times 

Stop, Question and Frisk in New York Neighborhoods

New York City’s police force, in its fight against crime, has increasingly used a strategy known as “stop, question and frisk,” which allows officers to stop someone based on a reasonable suspicion of crime. One expert has estimated New Yorkers are stopped at twice the national rate. The impact on crime is much debated, and critics contend disproportionate stopping of minorities is a result of racial profiling, which police officials dispute.  - The New York Times

View Map

Also, read the accompanying article and watch the video below on NYPD, stop and frisk tactics at work in Brownsville Brooklyn.


 

NYPD Abuse of Power - Stop and Search Bike Messenger in Harlem 

NYPD stops an African bike messenger then searches and frisks him. When the officer notices that he's being filmed he gets angry and writes us a ticket for double-parking as well as threatening to send our producer to jail for interfering with his police business.

Do you think this officer is really concerned with public safety or is following his orders and filling quotas?

Stop and Frisk - NYPD Car Stop

Harlem and other communities in New York City are becoming minimum security prison.

Allthingsharlem.com shows you an example of a typical stop and frisk where no crime is committed, no tickets given out yet citizens still must endure a full search of their car and their body.

NYPD Tickets Men For Playing Chess In Children's Park

  Inwood residents were outraged by the recent ticketing of chess players at the Inwood Hill Part chess tables.

A group of seven mild-mannered chess players are due in criminal court next month after police officers from the 34th Precinct issued them summonses for playing their favorite board game in Inwood Hill Park. 

The men were ticketed on Oct. 20 for being inside of Emerson Playgroud, a children's play area off limits to adults unaccompanied by minors. But the men were in an area furnished with stone chess and backgammon tables — separated from the play area by a fence. - DNAinfo Read More

What on earth could validate this nonsense?  Is it just because of quotas?  Why bother these men?



NYPD Arrest Man For Marijuana Joint In Harlem

Joseph "Jazz" Hayden Founder of Still Here Harlem Productions filmed these 3 undercover NYPD police officers search, frisk and arrest a Harlem citizen after finding a joint of marijuana. Jazz, vocally questioned the officers conduct and procedures, considering that a small amount of marijuana is considered a violation in New York State. This incident took place two days after a very violent shooting incident in Harlem involving police http://bit.ly/cy4t5X and community members .

Marijuana possession is legally decriminalized in New York State, yet New York City makes more pot arrests than any other city in the world. Since 1993 NYPD has arrested close to a half million people for possessing small amounts of marijuana. In 2008 alone nearly 90 percent of these arrests were made on black and latino New Yorkers. (Harry G. Levine, The Epidemic of Pot Arrests in New York City, http://bit.ly/axTe0C)

"I DIDN'T DO NOTHING!" ALLTHINGS HARLEM

Harlem residents sitting in the park are stopped and frisked, information taken,detained, and no tickets or violations given. The woman is outraged because this is the second time this has been done to her. She tells the policeman that she didn't do anything and that she is suing them this time.



Criminalizing Harlem Youth

NYPD arrest 2 young girls for fighting in the street in Harlem, NY.

Drama!! NYPD Roughs Up Man On 125th Street in Harlem

allthingsharlem.com

Girl hits guy,
Guy does not fight back,
Police arrive,
Guy gets manhandled and arrested.

This incident took place on Harlem's 125th street across from the Apollo Theatre on March 17, 2010. 

NYPD in Harlem - Why are they searching in his car?

NYPD Ticket And Detain MTA Straphanger For Walking Between Train Car Doors