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Gay rights groups are speaking out in support of a silent march being held later this month in protest of the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy.
Representatives from groups including the Empire State Pride Agenda and Human Rights Campaign joined Rev. Al Sharpton, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president Benjamin Todd Jealous and union representatives at an event Tuesday announcing they would be taking part in the June 17 march.
“This is one struggle, one fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. “We understand that justice is indivisible.”
Sharpton said, “You must be for the civil rights of everyone, or you’re not for the civil rights of anyone.”
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Representatives from groups including the Empire State Pride Agenda and Human Rights Campaign joined Rev. Al Sharpton, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president Benjamin Todd Jealous and union representatives at an event Tuesday announcing they would be taking part in the June 17 march.
“This is one struggle, one fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. “We understand that justice is indivisible.”
Sharpton said, “You must be for the civil rights of everyone, or you’re not for the civil rights of anyone.”
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