Friday, November 1, 2013

Stop and frisk: Federal appeals court blocks judges order

Policewoman frisking man. PHOTO/Getty Images

A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a judge's order requiring changes to the New York Police Department's stop and frisk program and removed the judge from the case.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the decisions of Judge Shira Scheindlin will be stayed pending the outcome of an appeal by the city.

The judge had ruled in August the city violated the Constitution in the way it carried out its program of stopping and

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