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NEW YORK August 12, 2013
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reacts to a federal court's decision on the New York Police
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By SEAN GARDNER
TIe New York PoIIce DepurLmenL vIoIuLed LIe ConsLILuLIon wILI ILs prucLIce oI sLoppIng und seurcIIng peopIe suspecLed oI
crImInuI ucLIvILy, u IederuI judge ruIed Monduy In u decIsIon IIkeIy Lo Ieud poIIce depurLmenLs ucross LIe counLry Lo Luke u
cIose Iook uL LIeIr crIme-IIgILIng LucLIcs.
IndIng LIuL New York CILy's so-cuIIed sLop-und-IrIsk progrum umounLed Lo "IndIrecL rucIuI proIIIIng" by LurgeLIng bIucks und
HIspunIcs dIsproporLIonuLe Lo LIeIr popuIuLIons, U.S. DIsLrIcL Judge SIIru ScIeIndIIn ordered LIe InsLuIIuLIon oI LIe
depurLmenL's IIrsL-ever IndependenL monILor Lo oversee cIunges Lo ILs prucLIces. CILy oIIIcIuIs Iuve urgued LIuL sLop-und-IrIsk
Is u key componenL In LIeIr IurgeIy successIuI eIIorLs Lo IIgIL crIme, buL opponenLs Iuve crILIcIzed IL us u bIuLunL vIoIuLIon oI
cIvII rIgILs.
New York CILy oIIIcIuIs ImmedIuLeIy crILIcIzed LIe decIsIon. "No IederuI judge Ius
ever Imposed u monILor over u cILy's poIIce depurLmenL IoIIowIng u cIvII LrIuI," suId
Muyor MIcIueI BIoomberg. He suId LIe cILy dIdn'L receIve u IuIr LrIuI, cILIng
commenLs Irom LIe judge LIuL Ie suId "LeIegrupIed Ier InLenLIons," und Ie suId LIe
cILy wouId seek un ImmedIuLe sLuy wIIIe uppeuIIng LIe decIsIon.
Mr. BIoomberg credILed sLop-und-IrIsk wILI IeIpIng drIve crIme In New York CILy Lo
record Iows. Murders In LIe cILy ure uL IeveIs noL seen In more LIun IIve decudes, Ior
InsLunce. TIe muyor, wIo Ieuves oIIIce uL yeur-end uILer LIree Lerms, predIcLed LIuL
sIouId LIe judge's decIsIon sLund, IL couId reverse LIose crIme reducLIons "und muke
our cILy, und In IucL LIe wIoIe counLry, u more dungerous pIuce."
WIIIe New York's sLop-und-IrIsk prucLIce Is mucI more wIdeIy used LIun LIose In mosL oLIer cILIes, poIIce experLs suId LIe
ruIIng Is IIkeIy Lo Ieud poIIce In oLIer cILIes Lo Lreud more cureIuIIy In LIeIr own LucLIcs.
"L's deIInILeIy u wuke-up cuII Lo uny poIIce cIIeI In LIe counLry Lo be mIndIuI Lo consLILuLIonuI rIgILs," suId Eugene O'DonneII, u
proIessor oI Iuw und poIIce scIence uL JoIn Juy CoIIege oI CrImInuI JusLIce In New York CILy. He udded LIuL "wIeLIer you do
|sLop-und-IrIsk| u IILLIe or u IoL, becuuse oI LIIs ruIIng, you Iuve Lo be very cuuLIous" ubouL noL vIoIuLIng LIose rIgILs.
PoIIce experLs suId LIe prucLIce Is Iurger und more coordInuLed In New York CILy,
wIere on u duIIy busIs exLru puLroI oIIIcers ure senL InLo neIgIborIoods wIere crIme
puLLerns Iuve been IdenLIIIed.
WIIIe oIIIcIuIs In some cILIes suId LIey wouIdn'L be dIrecLIy uIIecLed by LIe ruIIng,
experLs suId LIe order Ior monILorIng und oLIer remedIes In New York, IncIudIng u
pIIoL progrum In wIIcI oIIIcers wIII be equIpped wILI "body-worn cumerus," Is IIkeIy
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Judge RuIes NYPD SLop-und-rIsk PrucLIce VIoIuLes RIgILs
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Police stop a group in the Bronx in September
2012.
A federal court judge ruled the NYPD's stop-and-
frisk practice in violation of the United States
Constitution, why small talk is actually a big deal,
and will protein bars made with cricket flour sell in
the U.S.? Photo: AP.
A federal court judge ordered an independent
monitor to oversee reforms to the New York City
Police Department's stop-and-frisk practice after
ruling it violated the U.S. Constitution. Tom
Namako reports on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
reiterates the success of stop-and-frisk and claims
that New York is a "poster child" that the rest of the
country looks up to. Photo: Getty mages.
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Associated Press
Judge Shira Scheindlin named a monitor to
oversee stop-and-frisk.
Lo be wuLcIed by cILy und poIIce oIIIcIuIs eIsewIere.
"Even LIougI LIe decIsIon ILseII onIy uppIIes Lo LIe NYPD, LIe IucL LIuL IL's LIe
IurgesL poIIce depurLmenL In LIe counLry und IL Is LIe NYPD meuns LIere wIII be u IoL
oI pubIIcILy," suId SumueI WuIker, u crImInuI-jusLIce proIessor emerILus uL LIe
UnIversILy oI Nebrusku OmuIu, wIo LesLIIIed us u pIuInLIIIs' experL on poIIce
monILors uL LIe LrIuI.
Under LIe pIIoL cumeru progrum, oIIIcers In LIe precIncL In eucI oI LIe cILy's IIve
borougIs wILI LIe IIgIesL number oI sLops In zo1z wIII be requIred Lo weur LIe body
cumerus Ior u yeur. AILer LIuL, LIe IederuI monILor wIII weIgI wIeLIer LIe cumerus
reduced wIuL LIe judge cuIIs unconsLILuLIonuI sLops und II LIeIr beneIILs ouLweIgI
LIeIr cosLs.
TIe ruIIng Ius LIe poLenLIuI Lo emboIden cIvII-IIberLIes groups Lo conIronL poIIce depurLmenLs In oLIer urbun ureus wIere
oIIIcers ure sLoppIng mInorILy resIdenLs uL u ruLe dIsproporLIonuLe Lo LIeIr popuIuLIon. SLop-und-IrIsk udvocuLes suy LIuL couId
meun brouder scuIIng buck oI wIuL LIey vIew us u powerIuI crIme-IIgILIng LucLIc.
TIe cIvII-rIgILs IuwsuIL cIuIIengIng LIe poIIcy, one oI LIree cIuss ucLIons beIore
Judge ScIeIndIIn, wus brougIL by LIe CenLer Ior ConsLILuLIonuI RIgILs on beIuII oI
pIuInLIIIs wIo Iud been sLopped by LIe NYPD. "TIey dId LIIs becuuse LIey beIIeved
wIuL LIe NYPD wus doIng wus wrong und LIey wunLed IL Lo sLop," suId DurIus
CIurney, un uLLorney uL LIe cenLer.
TIe judge's decIsIon Monduy cume LIree monLIs uILer sIe Ieurd nIne weeks oI LrIuI
LesLImony us purL oI LIe suIL cIuIIengIng LIe poIIcy, In wIIcI oIIIcers Iuve sLopped
und someLImes IrIsked ubouL IIve mIIIIon peopIe sInce Mr. BIoomberg Look oIIIce In
zooz. One oI LIe pIuInLIIIs wIo LesLIIIed In LIe LrIuI, DuvId OurIIcIL, suId Ie crIed
wIen Ie Ieurned oI LIe decIsIon.
"L's u bIg vIcLory Ior New York. As Iur us AmerIcu us u wIoIe, IL sIows LIe
poIurIzuLIon," Ie suId.
TIe oLIer Lwo cIuss ucLIons regurdIng LIe sLop-und-IrIsk poIIcy ure pendIng LrIuI.
SLops, by Iuw, musL be bused on reusonubIe suspIcIon oI u crIme, u sLundurd LIuL cILy
oIIIcIuIs InsIsL LIuL NYPD oIIIcers Iuve meL. DurIng LesLImony, IL wus reveuIed LIuL
more LIun 8o% oI LIose sLopped were bIuck or HIspunIc, upproxImuLeIy qo% oI
wIom were reIeused uILer beIng Iound noL Lo Iuve commILLed uny crImes.
TIe cILy urgued durIng LesLImony LIuL IL Iocused u dIsproporLIonuLe sIure oI ILs
resources In mInorILy neIgIborIoods wILI IIgI crIme ruLes und LIuL ILs prucLIces
were "noL rucIuIIy bIused poIIcIng."
Judge ScIeIndIIn sLuLed In Ier decIsIon LIuL LIe cILy udopLed u "poIIcy oI IndIrecL
rucIuI proIIIIng by LurgeLIng rucIuIIy deIIned groups Ior sLops bused on IocuI crIme
suspecL duLu." TIe resuIL, sIe suId, Is "LIe dIsproporLIonuLe und dIscrImInuLory
sLoppIng oI bIucks und HIspunIcs In vIoIuLIon oI LIe EquuI ProLecLIon CIuuse" oI LIe
ConsLILuLIon.
Under u Iundmurk 1q68 U.S. Supreme CourL ruIIng, Terry v. OIIo, poIIce oIIIcers ure
uIIowed Lo sLop LIose LIey Iuve reusonubIe suspIcIon commILLed u crIme or ure
ubouL Lo commIL u crIme und IrIsk LIem II LIey Iuve reusonubIe beIIeI Lo LIInk LIem
urmed or un ImmInenL dunger.
PoIIce IncIudIng LIe NYPD Iuve been prucLIcIng sLop-und-IrIsk Ior decudes, buL LIe
prucLIce Ius come under more scruLIny In New York sInce zoo, wIen LIe NYPD
begun Lo be requIred Lo reporL Lo LIe CILy CouncII LIe LoLuI sLops mude quurLerIy.
TIuL number Iud sLeudIIy escuIuLed Lo more LIun 68,ooo u yeur by zo1z beIore
drusLIcuIIy dIppIng LIIs yeur.
PoIIce depurLmenLs eIsewIere suy LIey ure LryIng Lo buIunce LIe rIgILs oI cILIzens
wILI LIeIr responsIbIIILy Lo IIgIL crIme.
Adum CoIIIns, CIIcugo PoIIce DepurLmenL dIrecLor oI news uIIuIrs, suId uII poIIce
depurLmenLs Iuve procedures Lo quesLIon poLenLIuI suspecLs wIen upproprIuLe. He
suId LIe CIIcugo depurLmenL "uses conLucL curds Lo documenL LIese InLerucLIons und
does noL enguge In uny Iorm oI rucIuI proIIIIng."
Over LIe pusL Lwo yeurs, Ie suId LIe CPD "Ius InsLILuLed uddILIonuI LruInIng,
munduLory Ior uII oIIIcers, uround Iow LIey ure Lo InLerucL wILI LIese IndIvIduuIs und
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