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posted by LaminatorX on Monday November 24 2014, @06:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the life-skills dept.

Kate Briquelet reports in the NY Post that Principal Mark Federman of East Side Community HS has invited the New York Civil Liberties Union to give a two-day training session to 450 students on interacting with police. “We’re not going to candy-coat things — we have a problem in our city that’s affecting young men of color and all of our students,” says Federman. “It’s not about the police being bad. This isn’t anti-police as much as it’s pro-young people . . . It’s about what to do when kids are put in a position where they feel powerless and uncomfortable.” The hourlong workshops — held in small classroom sessions during advisory periods — focused on the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program and how to exercise Fourth Amendment rights when being stopped and questioned in a car or at home.

Some law-enforcement experts say the NYCLU is going beyond civics lessons and doling out criminal-defense advice. “It’s unlikely that a high school student would come away with any other conclusion than the police are a fearful group to be avoided at all costs,” says Eugene O’Donnell, a former police officer and professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. NYCLU representatives told kids to be polite and to keep their hands out of their pockets. But they also told students they don’t have to show ID or consent to searches, that it’s best to remain silent, and how to file a complaint against an officer. Candis Tolliver, NYCLU’s associate director for advocacy, says was the first time she trained an entire high school. “This is not about teaching kids how to get away with a crime or being disrespectful. This is about making sure both sides are walking away from the situation safe and in control.”

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mcgrew on Monday November 24 2014, @05:14PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Monday November 24 2014, @05:14PM (#119469) Homepage Journal

    I got pulled over for "driving while black" in Florida, and I'm white. They pulled me over because the passenger was black, asshole cop wanted to search the car. I told her to get a warrant, she had no reason to believe there were drugs in the car or any other criminality. I'd have sued the shit out of them for a civil rights violation if they'd gotten the warrant, but she just let us go.

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  • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday November 24 2014, @06:11PM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Monday November 24 2014, @06:11PM (#119492) Journal

    I live and drive almost daily on the "California Autobahn" where 80 Mph is standard.
    Unless you're black. Right at 65 - 'cause it's just not worth the hassle. And then, there's always Oscar Grant, not quite in the back-of-mind.

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