Stop-and-frisk program in Bronx ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge Tuesday ruled that the NYPD had "systematically" acted unconstitutionally when carrying out stop-and-frisk searches on individuals leaving residential Bronx buildings.According to the...
View ArticleCuomo reaffirms support for pot decriminalization
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week said that decriminalizing marijuana possession would be among his 2013 priorities. The governor stressed his desire to put an end to thousands of young...
View ArticleNYPD can temporarily continue unconstitutional stop-and-frisks
A federal judge has allowed the NYPD to continue its stop-and-frisk program in Bronx "Clean Halls" apartment buildings, despite having ruled the trespass searches unconstitutional earlier this...
View ArticleFamily of teen shot dead by NYPD pursue lawsuit
Another lawsuit has been filed to take aim at the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy. In this particular suit, anger toward the police practice and its effects is born of personal tragedy. The family of...
View ArticleBloomberg’s new pot arrest policy isn’t that great
In New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's State of the City address Thursday, he announced a new policy for marijuana arrests, which will go into effect in the city next month: Individuals arrested for...
View ArticleMost New Yorkers oppose stop-and-frisk
A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that the majority of New Yorkers oppose the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy. 55 to 39 percent of voters said they disapprove of the tactic and 44...
View ArticleNYPD make 5 millionth stop-and-frisk under Bloomberg
According to an NYCLU announcement Thursday, the NYPD have now carried out over 5 million stop-and-frisks under Mayor Bloomberg, over 86 percent of which on black or Latino individuals. The analysis of...
View ArticleTrial over NYPD stop-and-frisk tactic set to begin
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department's practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street is facing its biggest legal challenge this week with a federal civil rights trial on...
View ArticleStop-and-frisk goes on trial
The landmark federal trial, Floyd vs. City of New York, which challenges the constitutionality of stop-and-frisk practices used by the NYPD. Lawyers with the Center for Constitutional Rights who are...
View ArticleWith stop-and-frisk on trial, City goes after plaintiff
On the first day of the landmark federal trial challenging the constitutionality of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices, the city's attorneys seemed to set up a catch-22 for proving improper police...
View ArticleLeaked audio: Police union set arrest quotas with NYPD
As the Nation reported Tuesday, a revealing secret recording expected to be used as evidence in the current Stop-and-Frisk federal trial confirms an instance of New York City’s police union cooperating...
View ArticleMomentum surges for police reform
The NYPD is currently on trial in more ways than one. While a federal judge presides over a landmark case challenging the constitutionality of the police department's stop-and-frisk tactic, political...
View ArticleSecond cop confirms NYPD arrest quotas
As noted here earlier this week, suspended NYPD officer Adhyl Polanco testified Tuesday in the landmark Floyd vs. City of New York trial that his supervisors pushed quotas for stop-and-frisk searches...
View ArticleThe Sunday Shows take on guns and gays
One interesting thing I've noted since I started watching the mostly wretched Sunday shows is that for the most part there is not much debate, between the liberal and conservative panel mainstays, on...
View ArticleDavid Gregory irate about soda, meh on civil rights
In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's NYPD is stopping large numbers of innocent people walking down the street each day -- questioning them as to their whereabouts and invasively frisking their...
View ArticleNYPD taunted crying 13-year-old during stop
In the second week of the landmark Floyd v. City of New York trial, witness testimony has revealed more indicting details about the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices. Appearing on the stand Wednesday,...
View ArticleForget Bloomberg’s nanny state
I have seen it with my own eyes, and heard the stories of cousins, brothers and friends. Innocent of crime, guilty of no infraction, they are harassed, placed against walls, handcuffed, sometimes...
View ArticleSuddenly, NYPD doesn’t love surveillance anymore
The Big Brother theory of surveillance goes something like this: pervasive snooping and monitoring shouldn't frighten innocent people, it should only make lawbreakers nervous because they are the only...
View ArticleNYPD’s Ray Kelly wanted to “instill fear” in minority youth
In the latest striking revelation about the internal mechanisms of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices, a New York state senator testified that police commissioner Ray Kelly once said he intended to...
View ArticleVast majority of New Yorkers want more NYPD oversight
A new Quinnipiac University poll has found that a vast majority of New York voters support the establishment of an independent inspector general to monitor the NYPD. In light of an ongoing landmark...
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