The Continuing Abuse of Zero Tolerance policy
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Zero Tolerance initiative continues its abuses of people of color. Last night (Tuesday, April 29th) an ARM (Rochester's Anti-Racism Movement) member was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after questioning officers who were racially profiling his 16-year-old brother and assuming him "suspicious of dealing drugs" when he got out of a car on his way into Extreme Graphics with his brother, saw a friend and gave him a cultural handshake familiar among black males.
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Additional Information: Minority Reporter Newspaper | Rochester's new "Zero Tolerance" initiative | $2.5 million set aside to fund "Zero Tolerance" | Community Speak Out Against "Zero Tolerance" | A Conversation With Tim Donaher, Monroe County Public Defender