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hrmjustin

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Sat Jun 8, 2013, 05:43 PM Jun 2013

Weiner Critical Of Stop-And-Frisk At National Action Network Rally

By NY1News

Anthony Weiner made a stop in Harlem Saturday to talk to potential voters about the New York City Police Department's stop, question and frisk policy, a hot topic for many in the neighborhood.

The Rev. Al Sharpton invited Weiner to speak at the National Action Network's weekly rally.

Weiner discussed protecting public housing and creating middle-class jobs, but the audience responded most to his comments about the police department's stop-and-frisk policy.

To illustrate his problem with the tactic, which many say amounts to racial profiling, Weiner imagined his own toddler son as a teenager.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/183490/weiner-critical-of-stop-and-frisk-at-national-action-network-rally

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