Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Judge rules stop and frisk policy unconstitutional

Policewoman frisking man. PHOTO/Hill Street Studios

The New York City Police Department likely turned a blind eye to violations of the constitutional rights of thousands of individuals detained at private residential buildings in the Bronx in a stop-and-frisk program that’s under assault in the courts, a federal judge has said.

U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said the department’s “Operation Clean Halls” program — aimed at preventing illegal activity at buildings in

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