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(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 stop and frisk policy – which allows police officers to stop and question someone if they have reasonable suspicion that person is committing or is about to commit a crime – has become a contentious issue in New York, where Mr Bloomberg has drawn fire from those who say the policy un...
New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy, in which officers try to reduce crime by searching anyone on the street they deem suspicious, has roiled civil liberties advocates for years, and for good reason: The practicedisproportionately targets black and Latino menand results in few gun seizures. ...
Over the last 10 years, New York City residents have been stopped and briefly detained by the police millions of times in an effort to get weapons, drugs and other contraband off the streets. Proponents of this stop- question-frisk policy (hereafter called "stop-and-frisk") argue that by ...
Judge rejects New York’s stop-and-frisk policy. New York Times. 13 August 2013, 2013;N.Y./Region: A1.Goldstein, J. 2013. "Judge Rejects New York's Stop-and-Frisk Policy," in The New York Times. New York.Goldstein J. Judge rejects New York's stop-and-frisk policy. New York ...
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Finding the city's attitude "deeply troubling," a judge granted class action status Wednesday to a 2008 lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime....
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...
Building a surveillance state is not healthy. As the state continues to incinerate civil liberties in the pursuit of incorrigible power, young folks will violently learn the effects of disobedience. Stop and frisk is now life in New York City, with conve
Former New York City MayorMichael Bloombergdefended his record on criminal justice after audio leaked of his comments in a 2015 speech at the Aspen Institute justifying the stop-and-frisk policy he implemented as mayor. The comments have spurred criticism of Bloomberg's record from the left and ...