New York, NY – A New York judge has granted class action status 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.
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Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan says there is “overwhelming evidence” that a centralized stop-and-frisk program has led to thousands of unlawful stops.
She says the vast majority of New Yorkers who are unlawfully stopped will never file a lawsuit in response. She says class-action status was created for just these kinds of court cases.
The lawsuit says officers are pressured to meet quotas as part of the program and they are punished if they do not.
A message for comment left with the city law office was not immediately returned.
Dumb liberal ‘yenta’ judge.
These stops are illegal; according to the NYCPD’s own statistics, in nearly 90% of the cases, there is nothing illegal found on those who are searched. According to the U.S. Constitution, there has to be reasonable cause to detain and search a person. It can’t be done on mere supposition, or pressure for quotas. Federal courts have already ruled against overzealous TSA agents, who perpetrated excessive searches. I predict that the instrusive searches by the NYCPD, will come to a well deserved end. Incidentally, the NYCPD cannot definitively state that its stop and frisk policies have caused a drop in crime. In fact, crime has increased in all major areas, in NYC.
Ninety six percent of murders are committed against Blacks and Hispanics..stopping this program will hurt them disproportionately..Again, Liberals not facing reality.
Why are so many VIN participants incapable of seeing any issue in any other light than Liberal vs Conservative?