
www.democracynow.org - Princeton University professor and renowned civil rights activist Cornel West was arrested Friday afternoon during a demonstration in Harlem against alleged racial profiling by the New York City Police Department. West joined a protest against the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy, which critics say disproportionately targets people of color. New York City police carried out 600000 such searches last year, with 87 percent of the targets being black or Hispanic. West's arrest in New York City comes just a week after he and 18 others were arrested on the steps of the US Supreme Court during a protest against the increasing role of money in politics, the same day that the new Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. memoir was dedicated. A professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton University, West is the author of numerous books, including his memoir, "Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud." Democracy Now! interviews him on his arrest, how he rates President Obama's term in office, and about the Occupy Wall Street movement. For the complete transcript, podcast, and for the Democracy Now!'s archive of video reports on Occupy Wall Street and the Global Occupy Movement: www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today <b>...</b>
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