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Critics of stop - and - frisk say the NYPD policy predominantly targets young black and Latino men.
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In the case of the «stop and frisk» program, for example, Trump said that it was not unconstitutional and that crime rose after it was stopped.
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«We've dramatically reduced the overuse and abuse of stop - and - frisk, initiated a comprehensive plan to retrain the entire NYPD to reduce the use of excessive force and to work with the community, reduced arrests for minor marijuana possession, and given officers body cameras to improve transparency and accountability,» de Blasio said.
Surrounded by clergy members, Thompson explained his position on stop and frisk as well as his recent speech on Trayvon Martin, saying they were «heartfelt words.»
«I see policy issues through my students, including questions of affordable housing and stop and frisk,» says Otto.
De Blasio's campaign spokesman said in a statement: «Mayor de Blasio ended the overuse of stop - and - frisk and brought crime to record lows while improving relations between police and the communities they serve.
More than two years after the New York City Police Department implemented new procedures for stop - and - frisk encounters, officers continue to undercount street stops, a court - appointed monitor said in a new report.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said he was «encouraged» after meeting with Lhota, even though the two disagree sharply on some key issues — like stop - and - frisk.
He said he looked Trump «in the eye» during their meeting at Trump Tower this week and told him that the city has become safer since drastically reducing the use of stop - and - frisk policing, a tactic the Republican president - elect has praised.
«I'm grateful to the mayor for bringing down the stop - frisk number,» Page said, adding that the program disproportionately targeted minorities and pulled them into the criminal justice system.
Quinn, who is preparing for a mayoral run, hasn't yet taken a position on any of the bills but said she believes additional reforms are necessary to make sure certain populations aren't being unfairly targeted by stop - and - frisk.
The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau has proven it isn't equipped to investigate systemic issues, such as abuses of stop - and - frisk or allegations of quotas or crime stat manipulation, City Councilman Brad Lander said.
Quinn said that while she respects the commissioner, she doesn't agree with him on every issue, including stop - and - frisk.
«You can't criticize stop - and - frisk while taking money from the PBA,» he said, chastising the NYPD for some of their controversial shootings.
Both Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said it was time for new leadership and said stop - and - frisk was a useful tool that is being misused.
De Blasio said in May that the NYPD is doing an «outstanding» job as it is and that because officers are spending less time on unnecessary stop and frisks and low - level marijuana arrests, they are freed up to do more of the community policing Council members are seeking the additonal headcount to perform.
In 2013, a federal judge said the city's practice of stop and frisk discriminated against black and Latino men.
You were the one who pandered to the community and said, «We've got to end - stop - and - frisk» in order to get applause.»
«We must make sure that the stop - and - frisk in Brooklyn going forward must be based on reasonable suspicion,» he said on November 6, 2013.
Former City Comptroller Bill Thompson said that if he were elected mayor, an inspector general would not be necessary because he would personally oversee the NYPD and ensure that stop - and - frisk was curtailed.
Hakeem Jeffries is everything The Times says they want in a candidate: he has a record on Rockefeller reform, prison reform, stop - and - frisk reform, redistricting reform.
And like the mayor, he said that he will fight against Trump's pledge to institute more aggressive stop - and - frisk policing throughout the country as a federal policy.
Mr. Avella tried to interject, saying he'd always been against stop - and - frisk — but Mr. Vallone wouldn't give up the mic.
I am honored to stand with Mayor de Blasio as we work together to end the stop - and - frisk era and safeguard the civil liberties of all New Yorkers,» said Public Advocate Letitia James.
Klein says he hopes they pass bills to reform New York City's «stop and frisk» law, which critics say unfairly burdens young African Americans, and the immigration bill known as the Dream Act.
He called the shooting death of the cops the «direct spinoff» of anti-police-brutality protests that the sympathetic mayor had allowed to take over city streets, blamed marijuana — which, thanks to the mayor, you can now carry a larger quantity of without getting locked up — for a spike in murders, has proudly declared stop - and - frisk isn't going away, and has repeatedly broken with the mayor on the subject of how many more cops the city needs (the mayor has said none, the police commissioner now says at least 1,000).
«At the public safety forum last week, I expressed that the City must continue its laser - like focus on reducing crime; that the IG legislation is ill - conceived; we should invigorate stop, question and frisk and not limit it as a policing tactic,» he said in a statement.
He mentioned the need for a living wage bill, which Quinn has yet to embrace, and he said «police - community relations were strained to a dangerous point in many of our neighborhoods» in a nod to the debate over stop - and - frisk, which he said «could happen to his own son.»
De Blasio, who said he'd replace Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and appoint an independent inspector general, said he was the only candidate on the stage who would take sufficient steps to end stop - and - frisk searches.
De Blasio said the city is safer even though the police stop, question, frisk and arrest fewer people.
Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, 69, whose more - than -21-year tenure on the Federal District Court in Manhattan included a critical role in a controversial stop - and - frisk ruling affecting the Police Department, said she would resign from the bench in late April.
A new report says the NYPD's use of stop - and - frisk is down, but that it still disproportionately targets black and Hispanic New Yorkers.
He defended his record, which he said includes the universal prekindergarten initiative, his affordable housing plan, the city's work to support and protect immigrants and reducing the use of the stop and frisk policing method «93 percent while driving down crime.»
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday compared the NYPD's past use of «stop and frisk» to needless cancer treatment, saying the controversial crime - fighting tactic was overused.
He also said the city won't comply with the Justice Department if it orders local police to resume the stop - and - frisk policy, that the NYPD will arrest and prosecute anyone who attacks or victimizes Jews, Muslims, sexual minorities and any other vulnerable communities.
«You know, he was in the Assembly for all those years and didn't say anything about stop and frisk.
Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and State Senator Ruben Diaz said the incident changed their views on the NYPD's stop - and - frisk tactics, which critics allege overwhelmingly affect blacks and Latinos.
«The reason why I joined this case is because for many of us, including myself, feel like stop - and - frisk is police abuse,» said Lalit Clarkson, 31, a teacher at the Grand Concourse Academy Charter School in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break in 2006.
(Mr. de Blasio has said he wants to reform, not abolish stop - and - frisk.)
«Bill de Blasio's been very supportive of abolishing stop - and - frisk, which was a hot issue in the African - American community more so than the white community, as were his efforts in that area in terms of policing,» said Sal Albanese, a former south Brooklyn councilman and mayoral candidate who has been critical of Mr. de Blasio.
Kelly also took issue with Scheindlin's finding that the majority of the stop - and - frisks never lead to charges, saying much of the police intervention happens before a crime is ever committed.
The Pantaleo order also said the Civilian Complaint Review Board had recommended a stiff eight - day punishment for the unauthorized frisk, but Bratton, who is the final arbiter of discipline, ordered Pantaleo to forfeit only two vacation days.
Lancman and Meng have said they are against stop - and - frisk, while Mittman is a supporter of the controversial NYPD program.
Governor Cuomo is proposing the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana found during police searches, to fix what he says is a «blatant inconsistency» in New York City's controversial stop and frisk policy.
De Blasio says New York City is the safest big city in the United States and pointed to overall crime being down, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop and frisk policing, his neighborhood policing initiative and argues that marijuana possession arrests have gone down even as critics note an increase.
Leaders in the Queens communities where stop - and - frisk was most heavily used during the 12 years of the Bloomberg administration said they were encouraged by recent statements made by some of Mayor Bill de Blasio's top appointments.
«His son described him as the only candidate who will end the era of stop and frisk and that was a purposeful branding of de Blasio as a reformer and then immediately, as soon as he was the mayor - elect, he announced he was bringing back perhaps the most controversial police commissioner in the city's history,» Trujillo said, referring to de Blasio's early campaign ads with his son, Dante.
«I am disappointed that there is racial disparity in arrests, as I have been and was in the leadership on stop - and - frisk, and I want to see it corrected,» Sharpton said, responding to a reporter's question about de Blasio's attitude toward the issue.
«I think he's done some good things, he's taken some important steps on stop and frisk and neighborhood policing,» Richards said.