Cuomo Seeks Cut in Stop-and-Frisk Arrests
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Cartoon: Jackie Robinson and stop and frisk
Civil rights groups have criticized stop and frisk because it has been performed on tens of thousands of people -- most of them minorities -- in the last year and because it yields few arrests.
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Cop testifies he was called 'rat' for protesting stop-and-frisk quotas
A second NYPD whistleblower testified Wednesday that department brass pressured cops for arrests and stop-and-frisk quotas and that he was smeared as a “rat” for bucking the system.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 6 days ago)
Sal F. Albanese: Fixing Stop and Frisk by Reforming Our Drug Laws
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime. From Bed-Stuy to the Upper West Side, the single most commonly-asked question as I campaign for mayor is, "How do you feel about stop and frisk?" "Abolish it!" some say. "Keep it. It works!" others say....
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
NYPD Quotas Are Alleged in 'Frisk' Trial
A suspended New York City police officer testified in federal court that his supervisors pushed quotas for stop-and-frisk searches and arrests, part of the second day of testimony in a trial challenging the policy.
wsj.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
'Stop' Critic Eyes Tactic
The majority of arrests made as a result of stop-and-frisk encounters in 2012 were for marijuana possession, according to a recent analysis of police department data.
wsj.com (2 days ago)
New memo surfaces in stop-and-frisk trial
A new memo has surfaced in the on-going stop-and-frisk trial, apparently from a top-level cop mandating that stops must have narrative explanations.The post New memo surfaces in stop-and-frisk trial appeared first on Metro.us.
metro.us (1 month and 26 days ago)
Gabriel Sayegh: Marijuana Arrests in NYC Cost One Million Police Hours
A new report released today by the Drug Policy Alliance and the Marijuana Arrest Research Project documents the astonishing number of hours the New York City Police Department has spent arresting and processing hundreds of thousands of people for low-level misdemeanor marijuana possession arrests over the last 11 years. The report finds that NYPD used approximately 1,000,000...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
Stop-and-Frisk at Issue
Attorneys suing the city cited a NYPD memo and said the department changed how officers document stop-and-frisk encounters.
wsj.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
Full Episode: Nightline 05/01: NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk: Racial Profiling or 'Proactive Policing'?
Stop-and-Frisk; Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects; Amanda Knox
abcnews.com (23 days ago)
There is a solution to 'stop-and-frisk': decriminalise marijuana | Sal Albanese
Instead of this divisive police tactic and needlessly locking up our youth, New York could lead in regulating a legal trade in weedThe most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is "stop-and-frisk", a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime. From Bed-Stuy to the Upper West Side, the single most commonly-asked question as I...
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