got lgbtq rights? “navigating police interactions as lgbtq youth of color”
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GOT LGBTQRIGHTS?
“Navigating Police Interactions as LGBTQ Youth of
Color”
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Maryse PearceCommunity Engagement Coordinator
Johannes Mosquera
Community OrganizerBLACK & PINK
Duanna Johnson, Islan Nettles, Sakia Gunn,
Michael Brown
Group Discussion:1. Why are LGBTQ people of color
twice as likely to experience police violence?
2. Do you think profiling people based on race/gender makes our communities safer?
• Between January 2004 and June 2012, the NYPD conducted over 4.4 million Terry stops.
• 6% of all stops resulted in an arrest, and 6% resulted in a summons. The remaining 88% of the 4.4 million stops resulted in no action.
• In 52% of the 4.4 million stops, the person stopped was black.
• In 31% of the stops, the person stopped was Hispanic.
• In 10% of the stops, the person stopped was white.
• In 2011, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 685,724 times. 341,581 were aged 14-24 (51%).
• In a national survey, 56% of respondents indicated LGBTQ youth of color were impacted by criminalization and policing.
Have you ever been stopped and/or frisked by
the police?
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?You have a RIGHT to:
• Be free from unreasonable searches.
• Be free from unreasonable seizures.
• Remain silent.
• An attorney.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?In BOSTON, police officers:
• Must address transgender individuals by their adopted name.
• Must use appropriate pronouns.
• Cannot subject transgender individuals to additional invasive search or frisk procedures.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?In NEW YORK CITY, Streetwise & Safe joined
Communities United for Police Reform, which passed the End Discriminatory Policing Act to:
• Expand the categories of individuals protected from discrimination.
• The current prohibition covers race, ethnicity, religion, and national origin. The bill expanded this to also include: age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, immigration status, disability, and housing status.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?In NEW ORLEANS, BreakOUT! members
organized to pressure the Police Department to:
• Issue Policy 402, which mandates that gender identity or sexual orientation can not be used as reasonable suspicion or probable cause to stop, search, or arrest LGBTQ people.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?
An officer can only stop you when he or she has reasonable suspicion
that you have committed, are committing, or are about to commit a
crime.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?
An officer can only frisk you when he or she has a reasonable suspicion
that you may be armed and presently dangerous.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?
Reasonable suspicion means that the officer has sufficient knowledge based on articulable facts to believe
that criminal activity is at hand.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?“Are you detaining me or am I
free to leave?”
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?An officer can only place you under arrest, search you or your home, or
seize your belongings if he or she has probable cause that you have
committed a crime.
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?Probable cause means there is a
reasonable basis for believing that a crime may have been committed (for arrest) and that evidence of the crime is present in the place to be searched
(for search and seizure).
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?“I do not consent to searches.”
Ask for a warrant.
“I’m going to remain silent.”
“I’d like to see an attorney.”
“10 Rules for Dealing with Police”
“10 Rules for Dealing with Police”
“10 Rules for Dealing with Police”
http://www.flexyourrights.org/
• Poor/POC trans women profiled as sex workers
• Arrested for using “wrong” bathroom
• Lack of proper ID documents
• Lack of access to gainful employment or education
• Gender segregated arrest procedures
• Isolation and/or violence during incarceration
Systems of Inequality: Criminal Justice
“Streetwise & Safe”
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• Serves the 6 New England States
• Has Info & Resources for the LGBTQ & HIV+ Communities
• Is Staffed by Friendly, Trained Volunteers
How Do I Contact GLAD
Answers?
Telephone 1.800.455.GLAD (4523)Talk one-on-one with a
compassionate volunteer
Chat glad.org/rights/infoline-contact
Email Anytime!
We’re GLAD You Asked!
Black and Pink
Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. Our work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experience of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing.
http://www.blackandpink.org [email protected]
Youth Against Mass Incarceration
Youth Against Mass Incarceration is a grassroots collective of youth from Boston and surrounding areas that work in our communities to spread and raise public awareness about the prison industrial complex and its destructive effects, in order to take action to end it.
http://www.facebook.com/BostonYAMI
Get Yr Rights
The goals of this project are to:1) Create a space for organizations and groups to share media, materials, and strategies that have proven effective in KYR work, and2) Build capacity for organizations and groups to integrate KYR media, materials, and strategies into their work.
[email protected] http://www.getyrrights.org
GOT LGBTQ RIGHTS?
YES!