The Truth Behind Stop-and-Frisk - NYTimes.com

The Truth Behind Stop-and-Frisk - NYTimes.com:
Published: September 2, 2011

Judge Shira Scheindlin of Federal District Court in New York made the right call when she refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, which alleged that officers use race as a basis for stopping and frisking citizens, rather than reasonable suspicion. The trial will provide an important opportunity to evaluate this increasingly troubling program, which resulted in 600,000 people being stopped on the streets last year alone.


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