While filling in as host for MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, Melissa Harris-Perry, whose weekend show was pre-empted by the channel's Olympic coverage, delved into the spread of the stop-and-frisk police procedure to San Francisco. As a result of the Aurora, Colo., shootings, Mayor Ed Lee made a concerted effort to put the controversial procedure into action this week. This comes despite community outcry in New York City against the practice that has been proven to unfairly target black and Latino men as offenders: MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry,”, whose weekend show has been pre-empted by the channel's Olympic coverage, filled in during co-worker and fellow talking head Rachel Maddow’s show on Saturday and delved into the spread of stop and frisk to San Francisco and Philadelphia.
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