Despite a marked reduction in the amount of stop-and-frisks conducted by city cops, overall crime has decreased, but there has been a slight increase in shootings this year and so the NYPD is going to study the data to see if there’s any correlation. As noted by the Wall Street Journal, Police Commissioner Bratton has […]
Yet another dent in the argument that stop-and-frisk is a necessary tool for police to prevent violent crime: statistics show the number of stops is continuing to decline this year, and the number of murders, shootings, rapes, and robberies is declining as well. According to DNAinfo’s Murray Weiss, this quarter, the NYPD is on track to […]
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey just conducted its first study on stop-and-frisk in Newark, and while much is left to be learned, one thing seems clear: in terms of results, Newark cops are better at it than the NYPD. In the city across the Hudson, about 25 percent of stops result in […]
One of Bill de Blasio’s key campaign promises involved ending the city’s appeal of a federal lawsuit aimed at the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy, and now, he’s delivering on it. In a deal laid out by the mayor’s administration today, the city will accept a court-ordered monitor to oversee the NYPD for three years to ensure […]
Last month, the Bloomberg filed a request with federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin, asking her to delay the effects of her recent court decision against stop-and-frisk until the city filed its appeal. This week, Scheindlin denied that request. “Ordering a stay now would send precisely the wrong signal,” she wrote yesterday. “It would essentially confirm […]
Allen Moye, a 54-year-old, legally blind black man has filed the first stop-and-frisk-related lawsuit since the federal court decision that ruled the tactic unconstitutional. Moye alleges he was wrongly stopped while waiting for a friend in Harlem in 2010. “It was racial profiling, what they did,” he said. “It’s a different Jim Crow. They try […]
You may not have noticed amidst all the hubbub about Christine Quinn, new frontronner Bill de Blasio, and the erstwhile Carlos Danger, but there’s a Republican mayoral primary fight going on right now, too. And, you may or may not be surprised to learn, the current surge of potential stop-and-frisk reforms hasn’t affected the candidates’ […]
The Bloomberg administration took its first step this week in attempting to overturn the federal court decision that ruled stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, filing a request that would halt the court’s mandated reforms until the city can appeal the case. Attorney Michael Cardozo wrote that the city was requesting the delay–officially known as a stay– “because we believe […]
Al Jazeera America has a fascinating profile on Jose LaSalle, a parks worker who has made it his personal mission to ensure New York City cops aren’t overstepping their bounds when it comes to stop-and-frisk. Nightly, LaSalle patrols the streets of Harlem, Brownsville, or the Bronx with his camera, looking for cops stopping and frisking teenagers […]
A detail that we (and others) neglected to report when yesterday’s “stop-and-frisk is unconstitutional” ruling came in: police in the precinct with the highest number of stops in each borough will be required to wear cameras for a one-year pilot program, in an effort to bring more objective evidence around the tactic. “The recordings may […]
