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Frantz Jerome, 30, addresses two of his stop-and-frisk encounters with NYPD. (Photo courtesy of Frantz Jerome.)

Stop-and-frisk: Witness says he felt ‘humiliated’

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Frantz Jerome is an African-American who is involved in the ongoing stop-and-frisk trial. He tells theGrio about his own experiences being stopped and frisked and how he hopes for change in the practice...
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New York Police Department officers gather at the edge of Times Square in Manhattan on April 15, 2013 in New York City. The city has announced it will implement heightened security measures in response to today's bombings at the Boston Marathon. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Bloomberg: Boston suspect said NYC was next

Jennifer Peltz and Tom Hays, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square...
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Soda cans

Judge strikes down NYC soda ban, NY NAACP president responds

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - A judge has struck down a ban restricting the size of sodas sold in certain establishments in New York City that was set to go into effect Tuesday...
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Benjamin Jealous

NAACP leader vs. Bloomberg on ‘Stop and Frisk’

Donovan X. Ramsey
theGRIO REPORT - The national president of the NAACP took to a Brooklyn pulpit Sunday to condemn the city’s 'Stop and Frisk' policy and recent comments made in support of it by New York City’s mayor...
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks with the media at a press conference announcing the New York Islanders' move to Brooklyn in 2015 at the Barclays Center on October 24, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Gun control Super Bowl ad set to air

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing an advertisement during the Super Bowl calling for background checks...
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Soda cans

NAACP, Hispanic Federation join forces with opponents of NYC soda ban

Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
The NAACP's New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined beverage makers and sellers in trying to stop the rule from taking effect March 12. Critics are attacking what they call an inconsistent and undemocratic regulation, while city officials and health experts defend it as a pioneering and proper move to fight obesity.
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(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NY stop-and-frisk debate gains political spotlight

Colleen Long & Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — After more than a decade of complaints, the New York Police Department's practice of stopping and frisking people on the streets has suddenly moved to the forefront as a combustible political issue...
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