If you’re homeless, not knowing your rights in a police encounter may result in unnecessary ticketing, spending the night in jail, getting all your belongings thrown away, or worse.
Our members and staff are constantly educating other homeless people about what is and isn’t legal for the police to do, through direct outreach and conversations as well as Know Your Rights and CopWatch workshops. Our goal is to equip homeless New Yorkers with tools that they need to defend themselves and their community from harmful and unjust police abuses. Picture the Homeless serves on the steering committee of the Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), the campaign to end discriminatory policing in NYC.