STOPPING âSTOP AND FRISKâ AT THE âHEART OF EMPIREâ STATE:
As trials begin for the dozens arrested at last Octoberâs âOccupy Stop and Friskâ rally in Harlem, we hear:
A press conference at the Drum Major Institute [ dmi.org ]with New Yorkâs Manhattan Borough President SCOTT STRINGER and MARTIN LUTHER KING III, discussing the national implications of NYCâs âStop and Friskâ policy, whose targets are as high as 92 percent youths of color;
A retrospective of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.âs âdreamâ that people be treated by âthe content of their character, rather than the color of their skinâ;
âG1â of the hip-hop duo âREBEL DIAZâ about his community group RDACBXâ [ rdacbx.org ]political and artistic work in New Yorkâs South Bronx, the hardest-hit neighborhood of a nationwide police harassment and data-collecting policy that discriminates against black and Latino youth. REBEL DIAZ and colleagues have recorded a rebel rap on the policy, âSTOP STOP AND FRISKâ; and
REBEL DIAZ , featuring VITHM and LUSS, performing âSTOP STOP AND FRISK!â -- a hip-hop rap documenting the issue and salient statistics [EDITORS: Frank language neutralized by acoustic reversal]; and
DRONES OVER AMERICA - EFF DOCS DETAIL DOMESTIC SPY-PLANE PLANS:
JENNIFER LYNCH is Staff Attorney with the ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION [ eff.org], which used a Freedom of Information lawsuit against the FAA to enumerate the cross-country sites approved so for UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) âdrone espionage on U.S. citizens and territories. Lynch details ongoing litigation and the imminence of Predators, Reapers and Snooper-choppers across Americaâs countryside and in major citiesâ concrete canyons; and
GIL SCOTT-HERON â âWinter in America.â.
Anchor: Robert Knight Producer: Thiago Barrozo Engineer: Michael G. Haskins Origin: WBAI/Pacifica
Five O'Clock Shadow - Stop and Frisk with G1 and Rebel Diaz - EFF on USA Spy-Drones
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