Thousands of civil rights activists took part in a silent march through Harlem Sunday, calling for an end to racial profiling and the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy.
The Reverend Al Sharpton and NAACP President Ben Jealous joined the families of Trayvon Martin and Ramarley Graham as they walked along Fifth Avenue from 110th Street to 79th Street to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s residence.
Critics say the stop-and-frisk policy unfairly targets hundreds of thousands of Blacks and Latinos each year.