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Meet The People Who Watch The Cops

Cop Watch: an activity around legally observing and documenting police activity in one’s community. The NYPD is currently on trial for civil rights abuses in the landmark case Floyd, et al. v City of New York . Their widespread policy, Stop and Frisk, has now…

By Raven Rakia

May 2, 2013 · 3 min read

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Meet The People Who Watch The Cops

Raven Rakia May 2, 2013May 2, 2013 · 3 min read

Cop Watch: an activity around legally observing and documenting police activity in one’s community.

The NYPD is currently on trial for civil rights abuses in the landmark case Floyd, et al. v City of New York . Their widespread policy, Stop and Frisk, has now…

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