Thousands of demonstrators march down Fifth Avenue in New York for a silent march protesting the NYPD policy of stop and frisk

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Thousands of demonstrators march down Fifth Avenue in New York on Sunday, June 17, 2012 for a silent march protesting the NYPD policy of stop and frisk. The participants say that the policy singles out people of color and creates and atmosphere of fear and a de facto martial law in neighborhoods where it is enforced. (© Richard B. Levine)

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