Open Letter to Commissioner William Bratton
October 14, 2015 Commissioner William Bratton 1 Police Plaza Path New York, NY 10007 Dear Commissioner Bratton, I write this letter to you as a Brooklyn resident, a community leader, a member of the Mayor’s Task Force on Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice, a small business owner, and a Soros Justice Fellow working to create ‘ChildSafeZones’ in central Brooklyn; areas where no one will have to carry a gun—not even the police. On the night of October 1, 2015 I was pulled o
NYPD Asks on Routine Traffic Stop, “Are You on Parole or Probation?”
“Dear Media, If you are receiving this letter, it is because I was gunned down or otherwise brutally killed by the hands of a police officer or a random white person by mistake; or in self-defense; or because they somehow knew I had a violent felony on my record by just looking at me; or because I looked aggressive; or because I looked suspicious; or because I refused to capitulate; or because I had shiny object in hand; or because my hand came out of my pocket too fast… or t
