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Marchers protest New York City stop-and-frisk tactics

Associated Press

  June 18, 2012

Thousands of protesters from civil rights groups walked down Fifth Avenue in total silence Sunday, marching in defiance of “stop-and-frisk’’ tactics employed by New York City police. For almost 30 city blocks, the march that moved down Fifth slowly and silently. Then, as they passed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s home, the crowd erupted in protest chants. The house on East 79th Street, off Fifth, was blocked by police barricades.

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