Black or Latino? STOP & FRISK! What You Need to Know.

Are you black or latino in New York State? Chances are you are stopped by the police MORE than whites are. Please join Denise Bolds, MSW of Black Motherhood Empowerment and special guest Community Attorney Jacques Léandre as Mr. Leandre educates on what to do and what is going down!

Although the NYPD has long argued that stop-and-frisk is an important crime-fighting tool, the statistics are clear that Blacks and Latinos are stopped and frisked in disproportionate numbers.

According to a recent report by the New York Civil Liberties Union, in 2011, 88% of stops DID NOT end in a criminal charge or issuance of a summons.

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE
In 2011: 685,724 people stopped by the NYPD
53% (350,743 people) were black

34% (223,740 people) were Latino

9% (61,805 people) were white

88% (605,328 people) were not arrested or given a summons

In 2003: 160,851 people stopped by the NYPD
54% (77,704 people) were black

31% (44,581 people) were Latino

12% (17,623 people) were white

87% (140,442 people) were not
 GET READY TO BE EMPOWERED!!!