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Couldnt sit on the same seats on the bus. its appalling to hear in 2012 were talking about the same kinds of practices. >> honestly, with c.j., as he mentioned, i dont honestly look at cops in the eye. totally, completely opposite with me. i was told as a sign of respect when are you communicating or networking, you look somebody straight in the eye to give their respect. when a cop is talking to me, conversatin conversating. i would mention im doing well in school, looked them in the eye, and i...

While the practice of stop and frisk is disproportionately a male gendered black and brown issue, the fight against it will no longer be one sided. in new york, lgbt, lesbian gay, bisexual and trancegendered announced mutual support of the stop of stop and frisk. and instead of letting others stoke the differences, on this issue they are going to work collectively. back with me, c.j. morrison, george nunes, and dialo along with alan jenkins. are any of you planning to go to the june 17th rally a...

We have folks in new york, lawmakers considering making certain amounts of marijuana legal, so that if they did find a small amount of american, that you wouldnt be in a circumstance of then being arrested and being taken off to jail. what do you think about a policy like that? does it seem like a reasonable policy or the wrong way to go about fixing this problem? >> it can be both. but it can be wrong for us, because, you know, you carry those certain amounts and, you know, to me the nypd still...

The youth watching this show and have heard about this rally and protest should be there. i feel like the youth are the voice of change. without youth, there wont be change and progressive things happening in society. i feel like the youth have been so passive to the point where we dont have a chance to talk about whats going on. and many youth so afraid to speak up. i cant speak for my brothers here, like dialo and c.j., were not afraid to speak up on any topic, any situation, and its time that...

Build this reputation where kids just start to hate them and theyll say, oh, cops just want to harass us because of our skin color, and not because of our -- the way we act or whatnot, and i feel like just building that reputation can cause trouble and it can aggravate students and youth to where they wont necessarily trust in cops. theyll feel like how they can trust them if they want to go against them, and i -- i definitely experienced a lot of stop and frisk times, i was actually coming home...

That you have not bonded with. >> i want to ask this question, because i know that you all were talking about it, but c.j., your mom encourages you to carry your i.d. at all times. what is behind that? >> she wants me to be able to tell people who i am and people dont always believe our word for whatever reason, they dont believe us. so with i.d., i have no criminal record, so, another time i actually got stopped by a police officer on the phone outside of a bowling alley and i am talking on the...

I have a 17-year-old senior here from the east west school of international studies in new york, and c.j. morrison is also a senior at capital prep in hartford, connecticut, and also joined by a young man from the bronx new york, and also from phoenix, is a consultant to the urban school districts and author of "there is nothing wrong with black students." thank you all for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, melissa. >> i want to start with you dr. kungjuf, because you have be...

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