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criminality is fabricated by officers to fill monthly "productivity goals."
The subsequent indiscriminate ticketing, false arrests, illegal stop and
frisks, and other harassment techniques undermine officers' relationship
with communities and result in policing that is unfair and unsuccessful.
As a consequence, our city's citizens do not feel safe in their own
neighborhoods, on their own streets, or in their own apartment buildings.
Community members do not see the police as a source of protection — in
fact, a comment we have heard frequently reflects an opposing belief: "We
feel we have to protect ourselves from them" — and lose faith in a legal
system which unjustly singles out and punishes them at its earliest stages
and with its most public arm.
PBA President Patrick Lynch stated recently that quotas are " . . .
ineffective in fighting crime and serve as a tremendous source of friction
with the communities that our members are sworn to protect. Eliminating
unnecessary and counterproductive quotas will allow police officers to
keep New York City safe while winning back the support of its citizens."
Letter from the US: Undocumented youth demand sweeping
immigration reform
By Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
Participants in the United We Dream conference reflect in silence.
In the recent elections, Latinos, Asians and Blacks voted against the
extreme racist policies and rhetoric of the Republicans.
A central plank in the Republican onslaught has been attacks on
immigrants who lack documents. Romney said he would make life so
miserable for them they would “self-deport”.