Sentences with phrase «frisk tactics»

Trump advocated the use of stop - and - frisk tactics in Chicago and other crime - ridden cities around the nation, claiming New York City's stop - and - frisk policy worked very well and «brought the crime rate way down.»

The fight over whether the NYPD should continue its stop - and - frisk tactics isn't over yet.

De Blasio and other progressive voices took issue with stop - and - frisk tactics and Muslim surveillance under Kelly.

ONE POLICE PLAZA — Critics who want to go back to using the stop - and - frisk tactics of the previous adminstration to address the recent uptick in murders need to «get over it,» NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said Monday.

The decrease comes in contrast to concerns that the city would see a return to the high crime rates on the 1970s and 1990s as the NYPD turns away from the Bloomberg administration's heavy reliance on controversial stop - and - frisk tactics.

Scott Stringer, a fierce critic of Mayor Bloomberg on issues like the NYPD's stop - and - frisk tactics, joined the administration's side in the battle over plans to expand taxi service.

NEW YORK CITY — The city's top Democratic mayoral candidates rushed Monday to align themselves with a judge's ruling that the NYPD's stop - and - frisk tactics are unconstitutional, promising not to appeal the decision if they are elected.

Stevenson and Diaz added that the shooting prompted them to throw their support behind the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk tactics, which critics argue disproportionately target blacks and Latinos.

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.

Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled Monday morning that the NYPD violated thousands of New Yorkers» constitutional rights through its controversial stop - and - frisk tactics.

Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, for instance, delivered a speech last month on the Police Department's controversial stop - and - frisk tactics.

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.

NEW YORK CITY — A visibly irate Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted a federal judge's ruling that sought to curtail the NYPD's stop - and - frisk tactic Monday, promising to appeal the order as soon as possible.

Mr. Kelly, after thanking Mr. Sharpton for the invitation, offered a full - throated defense of the stop - and - frisk tactic, calling it «a lifesaver» and «fundamental to policing.»

While repeating his criticism of Mayor Bloomberg's New York as «a tale of two cities,» and slamming the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk tactic, de Blasio soared past his rivals, securing 40.8 percent of the vote in the September primary and avoiding a runoff with Thompson.

UPPER EAST SIDE — The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association has gone on the attack against area politicians, blasting their opposition to the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk tactic and accusing them of making «policing tougher and your neighborhood more dangerous.»

Queens City Council member Peter Vallone Jr. has been a defender of the NYPD's stop - and - frisk tactic and is no fan of federally imposed oversight.

Ulrich emphasized his support for the controversial stop - and - frisk tactic and blasted de Blasio's handling of the city's mushrooming homeless population, and even called for the firing of his homelessness czar Steve Banks.

Not exact matches

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.

After glossing over «stop and frisk,» he declares, «Undoubtedly there are other changes in police tactics that can reduce the likelihood of police violence.»

Williams, one of the chief advocates of curtailing NYPD stop and frisk, insisted the drop in the tactic had nothing to do with the spike in shootings.

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.

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.

Lhota, a Republican and the former head of the city transit authority, favors the controversial stop - and - frisk policing tactics of outgoing independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

«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.

Police continue to employ stop - and - frisk in select situations, but the use of the tactic has dropped precipitously.

Mayor Bloomberg lashed out at one of the chief critics of the NYPD's stop - and - frisk policy, calling the New York Civil Liberties Union «dangerously wrong» and «no better than the NRA» for opposing the tactic.

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.

She supports the use of stop - and - frisk policing, insisting that the NYPD should have discretion in deciding when to employ the tactic.

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.

But it would also be a flash point for those who oppose Kelly's controversial tactics, including the widespread use of stop - and - frisk.

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.

«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.

In a seeming disconnect during his courting of black voters, Trump called for the broad use of the contentious stop - and - frisk policing strategy in America's cities, embracing an aggressive tactic whose legality has been challenged and whose enforcement has been abandoned in New York.

When Mr. Kelly declined to enter the political arena, Mr. Seabrook went from backing the most prominent supporter of stop - and - frisk to the candidate who wants to see the controversial tactic outright abolished.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- City lawmakers reached a deal Tuesday to install an inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department, a plan galvanized by outrage over its extensive use of the tactic known as stop and frisk and its widespread spying on Muslims.

She accused de Blasio of tying the hands of cops when it comes to battling those crimes — including by limiting the use of the policing tactic known as stop and frisk.

Bratton expanded the use of the controversial stop - and - frisk policing tactic during his 2002 to 2009 tenure as head of the Los Angeles Police Department.

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 won the mayor's race campaigning against intrusive police tactics such as stop - and - frisk, where hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were frisked by the police each year, and other elements of the «Broken Windows» philosophy, where police crack down on minor offenses to prevent more serious crime.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) was elected in 2013, in part for his promise to end «stop and frisk» tactics.

He described the administrative approach as part of the overall police reforms the city has put in place, including reduced use of stop and frisk policing, neighborhood policing and the retraining of the police force on de-escalation tactics.

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

He fiercely opposes stop - and - frisk, arguing that it is an illegal and ineffective tactic akin to using a «meat cleaver» where a scalpel would do.

The panel, organized by Manhattan Borough President and mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer, said the number of guns recovered as a result of stop and frisk doesn't justify the damage the tactic inflicts upon police and community relations.

Fifty years ago we had stop - and - frisk in New York, Ligon states, and the police tactic still exists today.