Stop and Frisk Archive

Having spent the better part of my life as a resident of New York City, I was very much interested in the September10rd Democratic primary that resulted in Public Advocate Bill de Blasio winning the Democratic nomination and the right …

Federal U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin  ruled today that the controversial “Stop and Frisk” procedure of the NYPD is unconstitutional. More specifically, the ruling determined that Stop and Frisk violates not only the Fourth Amendment (protection against unreasonable search and seizure) …