Sentences with word «frisk»

«Despite changes in stop - and - frisk policy in New York City, the system is obviously broken when an unarmed Black teenager can be shot to death in his own bathroom and no one is held to account by any part of our criminal justice system.

«There is a challenge posed by the stop and frisk police policies.»

The two Democrats running in the primary broadly share common progressive views on a host of issues, including the need for more affordable housing, more classrooms, increased spending on H.I.V. prevention, greater citizen participation in allocating funds available to the Council member, and curbs on the excessive use of stop and frisk tactics by the N.Y.P.D.

«Intro 800 [the bill] would authorize new lawsuits that could result in a blanket prohibition against the use of stop, question and frisk in New York City — and potentially many other strategies and tactics used by the police to address and prevent crime,» Best wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

CITY HALL — The Bloomberg administration is expected to pan a series of proposed reforms to the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk program at a long - awaited hearing Wednesday morning.

Gov. David Paterson is being urged to veto a bill that would prohibit the New York City Police Department from adding any more innocent individuals to its vast computerized database of personal information on the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers stopped, questioned and often frisked by police officers.

Short of frisking employees at the front door, however, there's no way of keeping these gadgets out of the building.

Democrat Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, promised to more closely monitor the controversial stop - and - frisk practice of New York City police, which he equated with racial profiling.

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.»

But it came at a time of heightened tension over the Police Department's tactic of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people in minority neighborhoods of the city.

Unlike the last debate, during which the city's stop - and - frisk law enforcement policies dominated the discussion, the Democratic candidates answered questions on everything from immigration and labor contracts to education.

Upon his departure, regional leaders and the head of global retail will report directly to president and COO Patrik Frisk, while chief digital officer Paul Fipps will oversee Under Armour's e-commerce business.

He is the only one who will raise taxes on the wealthy to fund universal pre-k and after - school programs that keep our kids safe; the only one who supports the full package of reforms to end a stop - and - frisk era defined by racial profiling; and he has the boldest plan to build or preserve nearly 200,000 units of affordable housing.

Martin Basher interviewed by Eloise Ghioni of Fisk Frisk on his solo show and practice.

The team applied this to 2014 stop - and - frisk data from the New York City Police Department, modelling variables that influenced police officers» decisions to stop someone.

He says public possession, especially if it comes to light as the result of a stop and frisk search by police, should now also be classified in the same way.

That's a disappointment to the Drug Policy Alliance, which was one of the groups hoping it would reduce stop and frisk arrests in New York City.

Paterson met with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and state lawmakers on the stop - and - frisk database bill on which he has until Saturday to make a decision.

The effort to regulate those encounters grew out of outcry over the Police Department's aggressive use of stop - question - and - frisk encounters during the Bloomberg administration.

As Judge Shira Scheindlin prepares to step down after nearly 22 years as a federal district judge in Manhattan, she offered her first extensive interviews about the stop - and - frisk case for which she has become best known in recent years, and also her tenure, with a particularly blunt response to the criticism she has received.

Left and I get frisked.

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Sources say the legal turnaround stems partly from an article by DNAinfo New York's «On the Inside» in April, which reported that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was involved in Eric Garner's chokehold death, was found guilty of making an «unauthorized frisk without legal authority» during a separate stop that pre-dated the 2014 Garner tragedy.

«When we have the right product, the right style and when we communicate it with the right story,» Frisk said, «the consumer is there for us.»

The new legal interpretation of Section 50 - A of the state civil rights law followed a DNAinfo New York «On the Inside» column disclosing that Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was involved in Eric Garner's chokehold death, was found guilty of making an «unauthorized frisk without legal authority» during a separate stop that pre-dated the 2014 Garner tragedy.

massive gun control, regulating drink sizes, stop and frisk for the collective good, etc. ------------------------------ Oh - Kay.

And then, should the lobster be served naked, lightly frisked with mayo, with drawn butter, with butter and mayo, warm or cold, spritzed with lemon?

New York City reached an agreement on Thursday with plaintiffs challenging the controversial stop - and - frisk procedure.

Stop - and - frisk didn't work.

Even with its notorious incompetence, government is now able to surveil as never before, and many people have grown afraid or complacent, as the mass frisking at airports proves.

«You can't criticize stop - and - frisk while taking money from the PBA,» he said, chastising the NYPD for some of their controversial shootings.

I was wound tighter than a violin walking into the courthouse; I'm surprised the officers at the entrance didn't frisk me!

(U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled stop - and - frisk unconstitutional in 2013)

The number of stop - and - frisk reports filed by New York City police fell 51 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year.

At 1 p.m., attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights hold press conference following Court of Appeals argument on the Bloomberg administration's request to further delay court - ordered remedies in the stop - and - frisk lawsuit; 40 Centre Street, 40 Foley Square, Manhattan.

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.

And while some have pointed to the «broken windows» theory of policing — going after quality of life violations — as the next stop - and - frisk controversy, particularly given the nonviolent crime Mr. Garner was being arrested for, Mr. Bratton defended the policy.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has embarked on an expedition to review the Police Department's program of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people who seem criminally inclined.

«Last year, when we had the lowest number of [stop - and - frisks], we had much less crime, the lowest number of homicides in the recorded history of the department,» Bratton said.

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Until they dumped the smoking area completely and banned ecigs / vape pens and started frisking you with beefed up security to the point where I'd rather stay home and not be treated like a criminal.

A lower crime rate with less reliance on stop - and - frisk came in second.

You, the one who frisked through her purse, When she stepped out to find the nurse, For you they placed a second nail.

He emptied his pockets before walking through a security metal detector and a security guarded frisked him in a routine procedure.

The judge presiding over the stop - and - frisk trial in NYC has left little question as to her opinion on the practice, criticizing the NYPD's «high error rate.»

A new Quinnipiac poll highlights the racial divide in the stop and frisk debate with blacks opposing the policy, while a majority of whites and hispanics support it.

«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.

«Eliot Spitzer has been our friend, standing up to the same powerful interests and backroom politicians supporting Stringer, fighting to get low - wage workers their back pay, fighting against fraudulent mortgage workers targeting our community, and investigating stop and frisk before anyone else,» according to Spitzer's spot.