***Media Advisory for Thursday, September 27, 2012***

Contact: Mandela Jones, 646.200.5316, Mandela@berlinrosen.com

WHAT: Rally and Advocacy Day for Legislative Reform of NYPD

WHEN: Thursday, September 27, 11:30 AM

WHERE: City Hall Park (Broadway side of City Hall, across from 250 Broadway)

WHO:

Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org

Communities United for Police Reform

Ben Jealous, President of NAACP

Kyle Bragg, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU

Tamika Mallory, Executive Director of National Action Network

Stuart Appelbaum, President of Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union

Talib Kweli, Rapper & Activist

Victims of discriminatory policing and police abuse, including young people

Elected officials

Community leaders and advocates

Community and civil rights organizations

Musicians and Performers

New Yorkers

WHY: Each year, discriminatory policing practices – like the Bloomberg Administration’s use of stop-and-frisk, unlawful searches and surveillance of Muslim communities – target hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers based on race, religion, ethnicity, housing status, immigration status, gender identity or expression and sexual orientation. These and other policing practices and patterns are out of control and the NYPD lacks accountability and oversight.

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