Sentences with phrase «discriminatory police stops»
Advocates say the legislation would help end discriminatory police stops that are predominately performed on black and Latino men in communities of color across the city.
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Nearly four years ago to the day, Scheindlin issued a 195 - page ruling against the New York Police Department for their widespread use of stop - and - frisk, saying police were «conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner.&Police Department for their widespread use of stop - and - frisk, saying police were «conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner.&police were «conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner.»
De Blasio, who ran for office on a platform of ending discriminatory policing practices such as stop and frisk, has said he does not feel the additional officers are necessary.
A considerable body of research — much produced on behalf of the Home Office — suggests that stop and search powers are sometimes used in a discriminatory and disproportionate manner by police officers who are uncertain as to their scope and illinformed as to the safeguards which exist to prevent their abuse.
Recent examples of our work in discrimination law include suing an immigration detention centre for racial discrimination, challenging the police for stopping and searching people based on race, challenging discriminatory bail conditions applied to people wrongly arrested during the London riots, failing to protect a homosexual prisoner from assault by homophobic inmates and persuading a school to apologise and train relevant staff after it excluded a pupil with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.