Sentences with phrase «who frisked»

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David B. Frisk, a resident fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute, is the author of If Not Us, Who?

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.

Judge Garaufis has repeatedly shown his bias towards the City's reasonable arguments on hiring in the Fire Department, and Judge Scheindlin, in certifying as a class everyone who has been stopped and frisked by the New York City Police Department, has twisted class action law in order to serve her own political goals.

I'm from New York City, and when we talk about something like «Stop and Frisk», which is also based on the fundamental assumption that black and Latino men (who look a particular way) are therefore menacing and threatening, we understand it as a cross - racial problem.

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.»

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.

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.

The federal judge who ordered changes to the NYPD's stop - and - frisk strategy has declined the Bloomberg administration's request to delay them pending appeal.

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.

Despite the stunning recording and the heated exchanges over stop - and - frisk, the most fireworks occurred between council members themselves, who sparred with each other throughout the hearing.

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.

You were the one who pandered to the community and said, «We've got to end - stop - and - frisk» in order to get applause.»

Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is a solid legislator and the chief sponsor of a law that requires the New York Police Department to discard data about anyone who has been stopped and frisked but not charged with a crime.

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.

De Blasio, who said he'd replace Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and appoint an independent inspector general, said he was the only candidate on the stage who would take sufficient steps to end stop - and - frisk searches.

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.

Dianne Renwick, one of the judges who tossed the stop - and - frisk conviction of a 14 - year - old boy found with a gun in Harlem, is the wife of Bronx DA Robert Johnson.

But the former NYPD official — who was also critical of the Bloomberg and Ray Kelly era of aggressive policing that led to a 600 percent jump in stop - and - frisks and about 400,000 arrests a year — was skeptical of de Blasio's new strategy.

Stringer, who followed the distinctly more charismatic Cory Booker to the podium, called for reform of the Bloomberg administration's controversial stop - and - frisk policy.

He also said the city won't comply with the Justice Department if it orders local police to resume the stop - and - frisk policy, that the NYPD will arrest and prosecute anyone who attacks or victimizes Jews, Muslims, sexual minorities and any other vulnerable communities.

De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan responded with a shot at the Republican real estate exec, who until recently lived in Larchmont in Westchester, for his failure to answer questions on whether he supports expanding police use of stop and frisk.

Liu, who this week launched a series of «town hall meetings» about stop - and - frisk policies, will officially announce his candidacy for mayor on Sunday.

«The reason why I joined this case is because for many of us, including myself, feel like stop - and - frisk is police abuse,» said Lalit Clarkson, 31, a teacher at the Grand Concourse Academy Charter School in The Bronx who was stopped near the school on a lunch break in 2006.

«Bill de Blasio's been very supportive of abolishing stop - and - frisk, which was a hot issue in the African - American community more so than the white community, as were his efforts in that area in terms of policing,» said Sal Albanese, a former south Brooklyn councilman and mayoral candidate who has been critical of Mr. de Blasio.

The Pantaleo order also said the Civilian Complaint Review Board had recommended a stiff eight - day punishment for the unauthorized frisk, but Bratton, who is the final arbiter of discipline, ordered Pantaleo to forfeit only two vacation days.

His focus on broken windows policing — stopping smaller crimes in an effort to prevent larger ones — earned him the ire of many of those same activists who protested stop - and - frisk alongside the mayor, particularly after Eric Garner was killed when police tried to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes.

«His son described him as the only candidate who will end the era of stop and frisk and that was a purposeful branding of de Blasio as a reformer and then immediately, as soon as he was the mayor - elect, he announced he was bringing back perhaps the most controversial police commissioner in the city's history,» Trujillo said, referring to de Blasio's early campaign ads with his son, Dante.

Dawit Getachew, 26, an advocate for Copwatch and a Harlem resident who said he has been subjected to stop - and - frisk, was among the activists who showed up to lend their support for the app.

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

For example, a man who is stopped and frisked could sue, claiming police unfairly target men if they make up a greater percentage of those stopped than they do the general population.

Black Lives Matter activists protested the arrest of an anti-violence advocate who was taken into custody while videotaping officers frisking a handcuffed motorist in Syracuse.

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.

The database is a list of people who have been stopped and frisked by police, whether they had been arrested or not.

Jeffries, who backed Bill Thompson in the Democratic primary in 2013, criticized de Blasio during the campaign for saying he was the only candidate who would «end» stop - and - frisk, and last month, he suggested the mayor had taken too much credit for complying with a federal court order to curb its use.

The new effort to enforce the law was due in part to DNAinfo New York's «On the Inside» column 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.

That settlement came the same day ThinkProgress released the disciplinary records of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo who killed Eric Garner with a fatal chokehold after a stop - and - frisk in 2014.

Mr. Seabrook said he supports stop - and - frisk, if applied constitutionally, and Mr. Kelly — like the relatively conservative Councilman Peter Vallone, who has COBA's backing in his Queens borough president bid — was a tireless defender of his correction officers.

«I think the rise in shootings is proof positive that proactive policing has taken a hit in this city,» Ignizio, who voted against the Community Safe Act aimed at reforming stop - and - frisk last year, said.

Although he is credited with lowering the use of stop - and - frisk and bringing crime to an all - time low in the city, his continual defense of the broken windows approach has earned him the ire of advocates who believe the method disproportionately targets minority neighborhoods and has led to mass incarceration.

«The last thing New York needs is a multimillionaire, Republican real estate executive from Westchester county who can't or won't say where he stands on stop - and - frisk, our schools, President Trump, or protecting immigrant families,» Dan Levitan, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign, said.

Another stalled piece of legislation was the plan to reduce penalties for public possession of small amounts of marijuana — which has been linked to a surge in arrests of young black and Latino men who have been stopped - and - frisked by police officers in New York City.

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.

Mr. Sharpton noted that he shied away from endorsing Mr. de Blasio's top rival in the 2013 campaign, Bill Thompson, because Mr. Thompson, who is African - American, was not initially committed to curtailing stop - and - frisks.

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..

Days before the ruling, de Blasio released a television ad featuring his bi-racial teenage son, Dante, who tells viewers his father would end the «stop - and - frisk era.»

Governor Cuomo says New York City's stop and frisk police procedure has unfairly led to the arrest of thousands of mainly young black and Hispanic men who were caught with possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Currently the department uses 60 cameras in five precincts and one public service area that oversees a city housing complex — the first phase of a rollout ordered by a federal judge who ruled in 2013 that the department's use of stop - and - frisk was unconstitutional because it disproportionately targeted minorities.

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.

Please, she even wants to keep NYPD commissioner Kelly who is the architect of this city's racist Stop and Frisk program.