#stopstopandfrisk

dont ignore it or attempt to swallow it whole

this collective rage

as it bubbles and boils over

dont allow it to burn your own skin

or hollow out your insides

leaving crimson ashes in its wake

this collective rage

yes I know yes I know

do not deny its presence

it has been forced upon you

it is there, hot

even as you attempt to cover it up

is it still, or raging, silent or booming?

is it there beside your pain and your love

lets not let it fester,

or be still as it burns us whole

we will use this collective rage

to continue the process of

incinerating this beast and all of its offspring

you are gifted, beyond limit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMERGENCY 

PROTEST in HARLEM SAT DEC 10

12 NOON

Meet at 137th + Lenox— march to the 32nd Precinct 

On the night of Dec 8, police from the 32nd Precinct in Harlem, NYC arrested a 16 year old male after a routine "Stop and Frisk."  The young person's mother, distraught over the wrongful arrest (the youth was not committing a crime when he was detained, and was charged with "disorderly conduct"), happened upon members of Stop Stop and Frisk on a neighborhood patrol.  Together, the group went to the 32nd Precinct and demanded the release of the prisoner.  The police resisted, but eventually the group secured his release, thus sparing him a 24-hour cycle through Manhattan's Central Booking.  What luck!  Most victims of stop and frisk in the 32nd Precinct aren't so lucky.

To express our outrage with the NYPD's continuing pattern of illegal searches, arrests, and intimidation, we will march Saturday at noon from 137th Street and Lenox Avenue to the 32nd Precinct.  There we will tell the officers of this precinct to stop harassing our young people and to obey the law.  Please join us!

Contact:  Greg Allen  347 400 1707

www.facebook.com/stopmassincarcerationnetwork