NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Makes His Case For ‘Stop And Frisk’ To The Black Community
HUNTER WALKER APRIL 3, 2013, 1:35 PM
This morning, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly gave a speech at a gun violence panel during the annual convention of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded and led by one of the more prominent opponents of the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy, Rev. Al Sharpton. Critics have likened the stop and frisk tactic to racial profiling because the vast majority of people stopped and searched by the police are African American and Latino, but in his remarks at the NAN convention, Kelly argued it actually helps address inequality in the black community.
Sharpton alluded to his issues with the NYPD when he introduced Kelly at the event.
“We may have disagreements on some policies,” Sharpton began. “But on gun violence, we have worked with Commissioner Kelly.”
Kelly started his speech by invoking Martin Luther King Jr. using a quote from the slain civil rights leader to express the idea an ideal community should be judged “not by the size of our material wealth, but by the depth of our commitment to economic and social justice.” Kelly went on to frame combatting gun violence in New York City as fighting for racial equality.
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