assemblyman mosley comments on ray kellys criticism
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The recently released excerpts from Ray Kelly’s new book sharply criticize Mayor de Blasio for his approach to policing and comes at a crucial time when we must be supporting changes to an already strained community/police relationship. As public officials we cannot take lightly the monumental task of reversing the collateral consequences of mass incarceration that is a direct result of the stop and frisk approach to policing that Commissioner Kelly vigorously pursued. The damage to the lives caught up in an obtuse criminal justice system is deplorable. We must strive to better our criminal justice system and retool police procedures to match the growing concerns of the country, while we ensure that everyone is treated fairly under the eyes of the law.TRANSCRIPT
For Immediate Release
Press Release
August 2015
Contact: Joseph Yanis 718-596-0100
**Press Release**
Monday August 31, 2015
Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley’s Statement on former Police
Commissioner Ray Kelly’s criticism of Mayor de Blasio
The recently released excerpts from Ray Kelly’s new book sharply criticize Mayor de Blasio for
his approach to policing and comes at a crucial time when we must be supporting changes to an
already strained community/police relationship. As public officials we cannot take lightly the
monumental task of reversing the collateral consequences of mass incarceration that is a direct
result of the stop and frisk approach to policing that Commissioner Kelly vigorously pursued. The
damage to the lives caught up in an obtuse criminal justice system is deplorable. We must strive
to better our criminal justice system and retool police procedures to match the growing concerns
of the country, while we ensure that everyone is treated fairly under the eyes of the law.
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