Sentences with phrase «frisk for»
massive gun control, regulating drink sizes, stop and frisk for the collective good, etc..
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massive gun control, regulating drink sizes, stop and frisk for the collective good, etc. ------------------------------ Oh - Kay.
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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.
His tough - on - crime stance, including support for provocative tactics like stop - and - frisk, could make him a natural ally of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a go - to - guy for a fellow New Yorker like Trump.
Freedom to ban certain marriages for no reason, freedom to demand ID'd at random, freedom to stop and frisk people, freedom to have your phones tapped.
Being followed, harassed, frisked or stopped for no apparent reason (other than one's darker skin color) is simply a reality for many black people, especially black men.
Until several years ago, it was common for students who had been smudging at South Dakota to be frisked by dormitory officials and to have their rooms searched and their smudging materials confiscated.
We need to understand the legacy of lynching more honestly and carefully, we need to even revisit segregation and the legacy that it's created if we're going to make progress I think there is a continuing presumption of dangerousness and guilt that gets assigned to people of color, I think it would break Dr. King's heart to know that black youth in New York are getting stopped and frisked, that this police violence that has been such a problem for over a century continues, that we haven't made the commitment to overcoming bigotry and race discrimination in the way we need to.
2)[Judge Scheindlin's certification of this «Stop & Frisk» disregards the clear requirements for a class action.»]
Judge Scheindlin's certification of this «Stop & Frisk» disregards the clear requirements for a class action.»
«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.
US Senate candidate Wendy Long today announced her support for the Bloomberg administration's «Stop & Frisk» policy while denouncing the judicial overreach and political interference in police work that threaten to put more New Yorkers in danger.
Bronx prosecutors have quietly stopped charging people arrested for trespassing on public housing projects through stop and frisk procedures, unless they interview the arressting officer and the officer convinces them to proceed.
STUPIIDSMITHGATE is just a tip of the iceberg «THE FEDS» have been under the covers with agents for a long time & many people are wearing wires & Tabone knew that and he did a body frisk & FAILED to Find it if the report is correct.
A pilot program for NYPD officers to begin wearing body cameras this month cleared a major hurdle when it was approved last week by the federal monitor overseeing changes to the department's stop - and - frisk program.
Yesterday, for example, during the City Council's vote to overturn Mayor Bloomberg's veto of the stop - and - frisk and police oversight bills, it was startling to hear Barron, following his customary sit - in during the Pledge of Allegiance, stand up and pay tribute to Viola Plummer, his former chief of staff: «There wouldn't be no today if it weren't for Viola Plummer, the December 12th Movement, Rev. Herbert Daughtry, who put it on the line, to make this day history.»
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.
ABC 7 story on the NYPD starting to use information cards for stop and frisk encounters, featuring BP Adams
Democrats in the city have long been split over Kelly's tenure, with some, like Jeffries, criticizing the commissioner for his heavy reliance on stop - and - frisk, particularly in minority neighborhoods.
This usually crops up when young people of color are asked to empty their pockets by police (yes, even now that the NYPD has reduced the frequency of stop - and - frisks); in 2010, the state arrested more than 100,000 people for marijuana possession, leaving more reactionary destinations like Texas in the dust.
Trump, who has called for an increased use of stop - and - frisk across the country, was a frequent defender of Kelly against critics of his policing practices.
Stop - and - frisk was also an engaging topic for both Lhota and de Blasio.
«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.
In a victory for reformers, campaign finance reform is high on the list, along with other progressive initiatives such as raising the minimum wage and changing New York City's «stop and frisk» policy.
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.
«You can't criticize stop - and - frisk while taking money from the PBA,» he said, chastising the NYPD for some of their controversial shootings.
He also blamed the campaign season for heightening criticism of other police tactics, like stop - and frisk, which has come under increased attack in recent weeks.
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.
For safety and justice, he led the effort to end discriminatory stop - and - frisk, establish the NYPD Inspector General, and ban profiling based on race, gender, immigration status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Bratton continued to oversee the drop in stop and frisks that started during the Bloomberg administration and also agreed to other changes such as reducing marijuana arrests and giving police the discretion to arrest people for other minor offenses such as public drinking and public urination.
Gangi points to bias in law enforcement, citing data that shows while stop - and - frisks or arrests for certain offenses may be down, racial disparities remain, with people of color stopped or arrested far more often than white people.
Ms. Colvin, set to begin work in two weeks, has received a number of recognitions for her reporting, including for a recent in - depth look at the city police department's controversial stop - and - frisk tactic.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to restore law and order in the United States and called for stop - and - frisk to spread across the map.
«It's really important for people to know: they can threaten to take away money but they can not tell us how to police our streets and we are not going back to a broken policy of stop - and - frisk,» de Blasio told Hot 97 this morning.
The City has agreed with the plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York to changes including a three year period for a monitor to oversee the stop & frisk policy.
He dropped appeals of a judge's ruling on stop - and - frisk and he settled the long - running wrongful conviction case for the «Central Park Five.»
He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»
«Whether it was fighting for progressive issues such as paid sick leave days or reforming stop & frisk, she has continuously been on the front lines for our communities.
As Mr. de Blasio prepared to take off - topic questions — on stop and frisk, raises for elected officials and other thorny topics — Ms. Quinn simply bowed out.
The candidates for Queens borough president faced off in their first major televised debate earlier tonight on NY1, discussing the future of Willets Point, stop - and - frisk and the lasting controversy over term limits.
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).
The comments came after City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the leading Democratic mayoral candidate and a usual ally of the mayor, last week threw her support behind a bill that would create a new inspector general for the NYPD, who would be charged with overseeing police policies, like the controversial stop - and - frisk practice.
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.»
City to fully embrace stop - and - frisk reform, pledges respect for every New Yorker's constitutional rights
Dante, the Italian - named mixed - race teenager with an enormous Afro, narrates the ad, promising his dad would do more for affordable housing, tax the rich to fund pre-K education, and end stop and frisk.
De Blasio gained ground on his opponents in recent weeks with a liberal platform that included a promise to radically reform stop - and - frisk and hike taxes on the wealthy to pay for free pre-K and after - school programs for city students.
De Blasio, buoyed by the city's most liberal residents for his opposition to the NYPD's stop - and - frisk practices and from a family - centric ad campaign, has 29 percent support among likely Democratic voters, according to the poll conducted by Penn Schoen Berland.
One recipient of PBA campaign money, CM Gibson joined about a half a dozen of her City Council colleagues in ripping police unions in 2014 for appealing a federal judge's ruling that the controversial stop - and - frisk program was unconstitutional.
A Manhattan judge tossed an NYPD union's challenge to a law that makes it easier for people who think they were racially profiled by cops before a stop and frisk to sue individual officers.
De Blasio's spot calls himself the only candidate in the crowded field to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg who has called for an overhaul of the stop and frisk method and the taxing the wealthy.