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Activists, Pols Try To Revive Movement To End Stop-And-Frisks

Activists, Pols Try To Revive Movement To End Stop-and-Frisk Police
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FILE - In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 photo, Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York. The New York City Council Public Safety Committee will hear proposals to impose new requirements for police stop-and-frisk" encounters, a strategy of detaining and sometimes searching anyone officers deem suspicious, but critics argue the practice is discriminatory and unfairly targets minorities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 photo, Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York. The New York City Council Public Safety Committee will hear proposals to impose new requirements for police stop-and-frisk" encounters, a strategy of detaining and sometimes searching anyone officers deem suspicious, but critics argue the practice is discriminatory and unfairly targets minorities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

HARLEM -- Elected officials and community activists gathered in East Harlem Thursday to try to jumpstart the movement against the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, who represents East Harlem, said she organized the event in her district because the 23rd Precinct, which polices the area, led Manhattan in stop-and-frisks.

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