(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent years the NAACP has been accused of being out of touch. Well it looks like they are getting back into the swing of things. This Sunday, June 17 in New York the NAACP is leading a silent march to mobilize the community against the racist policies of the New York City police department. It starts at 1:00 PM at 110th Street and 5th Avenue. Here is the full text of the NAACP announcement. If you are in the New York area, I hope to see you there. Everyone please spread the word. . .
Last year in New York City, police stopped and interrogated black men and boys between the ages 14 and 24 a total of 168,126 times. The total population of black men and boys aged 14 through 24 in New York City is 158,406. That means the amount of times police stopped black men and boys in this age group exceeds the total number living in the city.
In fact, last year, more than 85% of the 685,000 people stopped by the NYPD were African American or Latino, most of them children and young adults. This is up from less than 100,000 stops a decade ago. Then, like now, 90% of 
those stopped are completely innocent. All this adds up to nothing less than the most aggressive street-level racial profiling program in the country.
On June 17th, we’re demanding an end to this alarming trend. The NAACP is holding a silent march in New York City to call for a halt to the abuse of NYPD’s notorious “stop and frisk” program, and we want you to be there. Stand up to end the abuse of stop and frisk on June 17. The statistics are startling, and their message is clear: Our children are being profiled and targeted under stop and frisk because of the color of their skin. That’s why we’re launching a nationwide federal and state-level campaign to address the problem of racial profiling.
In contrast to previous demonstrations, we will march in silence as an illustration of both the tragedy and serious threat that stop and frisk and other forms of racial profiling present to our society. The silent march was first used in 1917 by the NAACP—then just eight years old—to draw attention to race riots that tore through communities in East St. Louis, Illinois, and build national opposition to lynching. Now, 95 years later, you can join us in powerful protest to help end this great injustice and begin rebuilding national opposition to racial profiling.
If you’re outraged that police, security guards and even community watch volunteers in so many neighborhoods continue to treat young people of color differently, or if you’re concerned for your children, or your neighbors’ and friends’ children, then channel these emotions into action by joining thousands in calling for an end to racial profiling and the abuse of New York’s stop and frisk laws. Be a silent marcher against racial profiling and abusive stop and frisk practices on June 17th. . . (Ben Jealous, NAACP President)
If you are in the New York area, I hope to see you there. Everyone please spread the word. . .
