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Thursday 10 January 2013

Illegal NYPD Stop-and-Frisks Halted by Judge



"A key part of the NYPD's controversial "stop and frisk" tactic has been ruled unconstitutional.
Manhattan Federal Court Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered police to refrain from making some trespass stops outside private residential buildings — even though the landlord has given officers permission to do so as part of the NYPD's "Clean Halls" program."*

The NYPD's stop-and-frisk has always been controversial, skirting the lines between constitutional and unconstitutional. Well, a judge has drawn that line more definitively, saying a certain tactic that targets minorities should be stopped. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more from NY Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-controversial-stop-frisk-policy-rule...

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