Published on www.chronicle.com, March 6, 2012. Written by Saskia Sassen and Jeanne Theoharis
Today, we along with more than 400 other faculty sent Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City a letter calling for the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Paul J. Browne. Faced with skyrocketing numbers of NYPD stop-and-frisks and revelations of the department’s widespread surveillance of Muslim life, in particular on college campuses throughout the city and the Northeast, we have joined other faculty to say enough is enough: Such rights abuses do not keep us safe, and they indiscriminately criminalize young people of color. The leadership that promoted these policies should face sanction.
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