“New York is a cosmopolitan, sophisticated city in the leading democracy in the world, yet its residents all too often feel like they are living in an occupied country—only the occupation here is by their very own police force. Every year, the New York City Police Department illegally stops hundreds of thousands of people as part of its stop-and-frisk program. ...”

www.amsterdamnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/we-want-our-city-back-what-s-at-stake-in