Topics include NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's support for the program, the lack of weapons found in 98.1 percent of the searches, and the disproportionate number of Black and Latino males targeted for searches. A 2012 ...
(CBS/AP) A federal judge ruled Monday that the New York City Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy, which has been criticized as racial profiling, violates individuals' constitutional rights because it intentionally discriminates based on race -- a significant judicia...
The new mayor on Thursday delivered on his promise to reform stop-and-frisk police tactics, agreeing to the appointment of a monitor and seeking to end a 14-year court fight that culminated in a judge's ruling that New York City had discriminated in carrying out the crime-reduction program...
At an appearance at a Brooklyn black megachurch over the weekend, Bloomberg apologized for policies such as “stop-and-frisk,” a highly controversial police tactic that gives police broad authority to physically search anyone. NYPD abuse of the policy during Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor largely ...
But perhaps in his most consequential step towards running for office, Bloomberg apologized for his longstanding and vehement support for "stop-and-frisk" policing on Sunday -- a stunning reversal for the former mayor who vigorously defended the policy throughout his tenure, which began in 2001,...
For example during the Bloomberg Administration, the NYPD was instructed to stop and frisk people, seemingly at will. This is not to say that the Adams Administration has reduced policing in these neighborhoods, because they have not. In fact they have increased policing in these neighborhoods, ...
What is the stop-and-frisk law? Is gun violence an epidemic? When does police use of force become excessive or unjustified? Is littering a violation of civil or criminal law? How did Mapp v. Ohio affect law enforcement? Can law enforcement force a citizen to leave their home and answer ...
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(1993). The latter, a piece of fabric ripped from a sweatshirt, is fierce, suggestive of a hanging, and is still forceful in an age of the New York Police Department’s racial-profiling stop-and-frisk programme. But what’s new to me, seeing it now, is that In the Hood is also ...
the police officer may forcibly stop such person and if the police officer is in fear of weapons, may frisk the person for such weapons. Level 4 deals with a police officer who has probable cause regarding a person. If a police officer has probable cause, he may arrest and search such ...