Thursday, June 13, 2013

Stop and Frisk: U.S. Justice Department wades into controversial NYPD program

Policewoman frisking man. PHOTO/Hill Street Studios

The U.S. Justice Department has treaded carefully into the debate over the New York Police Department's stop, question and frisk policy, telling a federal judge that it strongly endorses an independent monitor to oversee changes should she decide civil rights violations have occurred.

Lawyers for the Justice Department filed a 21-page statement of interest in the case late Wednesday, the last day to file paperwork. The court papers

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