Sentences with phrase «frisk practice»

Bratton says Judge Shira Scheindlin did not rule that the stop - and - frisk practice itself was unconstitutional, but just the «racially disproportionate» manner in which it was implemented.
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.
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.
He would drastically reduce the NYPD's stop - and - frisk practice.
But she believes stop and frisk practices and opposition to gay marriage are discriminatory in 2015.
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.
Just last month, Mr. Sharpton called for the suspension of a deputy inspector whose racially tinged comments on stop - and - frisk practices, secretly recorded by a subordinate officer, were prominently presented during a federal trial over the constitutionality of the tactic.
He announced the decision this past Thurs., Jan. 30th, explaining that his administration would not appeal Judge Shira Scheindlin's ruling last summer deeming stop and frisk practices an unconstitutional violation of people's rights.
Its anti-cop rhetoric fueled major suits against the department's stop - and - frisk practices.

Not exact matches

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.»
The NYC Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus wants Paterson to sign legislation that would ban the NYPD's practice of keeping the stop - and - frisk database.
The spot prominently featured his biracial son talking about how his father offered a different agenda than Michael Bloomberg, emphasizing affordable housing and an end to the practice of stop & frisk.
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.
NYCLU filed a class - action lawsuit challenging the NYPD's practice of retaining records of people who were stopped and frisked but never found guilty of anything.
In 2013, a federal judge said the city's practice of stop and frisk discriminated against black and Latino men.
A court - appointed monitor has called into question the NYPD's stop - and - frisk data, finding that some officers still don't understand the rules governing the practice and that some admitted they had filled out stop - and - frisk reports «for encounters that were not stops at all.»
The City Council created the Inspector General position following complaints and a lawsuit over the NYPD's stop and frisk policy in which a federal judge ruled the practice unfairly discriminated against black and Latino men.
Best said the legislation would open the city to a flood of lawsuits against the NYPD and could spell the end of stop - and - frisk — a practice that critics say unfairly targets minorities.
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton says he has no problem with the presidential nominees discussing the controversial policing practice of stop - and - frisk — but he's asking them to «speak about it in an appropriate way» and stop «misinforming» the public.
Tate agreed with Judge Scheindlin that the stop - and - frisk, as practiced by the NYPD, unfairly targeted blacks and Latinos.
When questioned about the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk policy, Albanese, de Blasio and Thompson all favored amending or curbing the practice.
The NYPD's stop - and - frisk policy was also a hot topic Tuesday night, although the leading contenders agreed it was time to scrap the practice.
Former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says he has no problem with presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump discussing the controversial policing practice of stop - and - frisk — but he's asking them to «speak about it in an appropriate way» and stop «misinforming» the public.
Mr. Foy, who in 2013 unsuccessfully sought the Brooklyn City Council seat now held by Robert Cornegy, recalled Mr. de Blasio's campaign attacks on the controversial policing tactic of stop and frisk, and said the African - American community will not be content with the end of that practice alone..
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.
Mayor Bill de Blasio ran on a campaign of ending stop - and - frisk and the practice has dropped during his 11 months in office.
The stop - and - frisk policy has been a hotly debated issue at City Hall with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defending the practice as a way to reduce crime and helped drive down New York's crime rate to the lowest among the country's 25 most populous cities, as measured by the FBI.
With the laws approved through the override, the NYPD will get a watchdog with subpoena power to examine the NYPD's «operations, policies, programs and practices,» not just stop - and - frisk, like the court monitor.
The override vote came less than two weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin's order for a monitor to focus on stop - and - frisk, a practice she said the department had used in a way that violated the rights of hundreds of thousands of black and Hispanic men.
The judge's appointment of an independent monitor of Stop and Frisk policies and practices is an important step and I urge Mayor Bloomberg to cooperate fully with the spirit and the letter of her decision, including the immediate reforms directed by the ruling.»
Lynch and the PBA were already incensed at de Blasio over protracted negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, annoyed with the mayor's move to formally end a police practice called stop - and - frisk (which criminal justice reformers say has been used disproportionately and abusively against young black men), and looking to weaken him by convincing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill passed by the legislature that would allow the PBA to all but stifle any efforts by the city to discipline corrupt and incompetent cops.
Martin Basher interviewed by Eloise Ghioni of Fisk Frisk on his solo show and practice.
Stop - and - frisk is one of the NYPD's most controversial and notorious practices.
And designer Christine Frisk of InUnison Design helped the couple source many interior components — appliances, countertops, fixtures, cabinetry, furniture, toilets, and so on — from suppliers around the world known for eco-conscious business practices.
To illustrate the problem with accusing judges of bias, given the term's various meanings, the article focuses on recent federal litigation over NYC police stop - and - frisk policy in which (1) the district judge found «implicit bias» in police practices based on accumulated evidence and expert analysis, (2) the Second Circuit found that the district judge engaged in disqualifying judicial bias because of her comments in a prior related lawsuit and in the media, and (3) critics accused the Second Circuit of bias in making decisions that were hard to justify on either procedural or substantive grounds.
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