Letter to the Daily News About Police Commissioner Kelly

I am appalled at the recent editorial encouraging Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to run for Mayor of NYC. Under his watch, thousands of young men of color have been stopped and frisked without any reason to suspect them of wrongdoing. Kelly is also responsible for the anti-Muslim film that police officers watched. Also under his watch NYPD officers carried out unconstitutional spying on Muslims simply because of their religious affiliation, spying that went into areas of New Jersey where the NYPD has no jurisdiction.

Commissioner Kelly has not reined in his underlings from the vicious and brutal beatings and unwarranted arrests of thousands of peaceful demonstrators. In fact it is all too obvious that the orders to mistreat protesters have to be coming from above. Kelly is therefore responsible for the cruel treatment of Occupiers and other protesters and the violation of their 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th Amendment rights. He is head of the NYPD and the buck stops with him. He is in no way qualified to be Mayor of New York City. Stop any and all promoting of him for this office. The man shouldn't be elected dog catcher.