Stop-and-frisk violates constitutional rights, judge rules

[gambitia]

In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in New York, and called for a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms.In a decision issued on Monday, the judge,

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[kitanabychoice]

Good.

[tabaqui]

Good. You'd think it would be obvious, frankly, but at least now it might get some real attention.

[zinnia_rose]

She noted that about 88 percent of the stops result in the police letting the person go without an arrest or ticket, a percentage so high, she said, that it suggests there was not a credible suspicion to suspect the person of criminality in the first place.

My surprised face, let me show you it.

Seriously, a 12% success rate? Good riddance to racist bullshit.

[happythree]

Yeah, which Bloomberg has cited as evidence of the program's efficacy, lmao.

Also, from the Washington Post:

The New York Police Department made 4.4 million stops from January 2004 to June 2012, of which 80 percent involved blacks or Hispanics, court papers said. Yet police seized weapons and contraband from whites at a higher rate than among minorities.

How this policy needs to die a swift death.

[crossfire]

Well this is a welcome bit of good news.

[hermionemalfoy]

Happy to see this in the news this morning.