Outraged civil rights activists, labor leaders and community members have decided to be silent. That is, they will silently march down 110th Street on Father’s Day, June 17, protesting the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy. “It’s something that we cannot tolerate,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who will join the march. The march will continue to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, ending at 17 E. 79th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg lives. The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy led police to stop people 685,754 times last year. According to the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 53 percent of those stopped were Black and 34 percent were Latino. Eighty-eight percent of those stopped in 2011 were found to be innocent of any crime. “What better day for a march against a policy that targets particularly Blacks and Latinos men?” said Donna Lieberman, NYCLU executive director. “NYPD’s own data shows that stop-and frisk is out of control.” Lieberman explained that one of her goals is to see stop-and-frisk inside schools come to an end. She said it is undermining and disrespectful, creating a hostile environment in schools. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said he has heard of neighborhoods where 10- to 12-year-old children make fun of each other about being the first to be stopped and frisked. The ones who haven’t been stopped and frisked are referred to as “stop-and-frisk virgins.” “What kind of quality of life is that?” Jealous said. “What kind of expectations are we teaching our children—rather than education, the future is incarceration? That can’t happen.” It affects working people who are just trying to survive in hard economic times, Jealous said. He thinks people shouldn’t support the march simply because of race but should stand up for what is right. In an attempt to discourage racial profiling, Lieberman said the Legislature should allow the police to be taken to court to justify their behavior, similar to a class-action lawsuit granted by Judge Shira Scheindlin against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy. Another idea would require the police to read the equivalent of Miranda Rights when they stop a suspect. She also believes police officers should carry business cards and hand them out when they have interactions with community members. She advised people in the community to question the police if they feel it is needed, but not to resist their directions. “Stand up and speak out,” said George Gresham, president of 1199SEIU, explaining that racial profiling makes the community less safe and less cooperative with the police. “It starts with the cops focusing on people’s behavior and not being fixated on their color,” Gresham said, describing what is needed for law enforcement to be more effective. Silentmarchnyc.org encourages New Yorkers to stand together to show that children in the community won’t be victimized by racial profiling. The march will be held at 1 p.m. to force the NYPD to recognize this. “It’s time to take back Father’s Day,” Jealous said. “It’s time to take back our city.”