While supporters of stop and frisk say the practice saves lives by getting illegal weapons off the streets, critics say the directive unfairly targets minorities. Under the policy, police can ...
Eight years after a judge ruled New York City police violated the constitution by stopping, questioning and frisking mostly Black and Hispanic people on the street en masse, people in communities most ...
NEW YORK — In a manila envelope on the table in front of Marlene Steele are hundreds of letters from businesses, churches and foundations politely rejecting her request for help to fund a gun buy-back ...
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says the promise to end stop-and-frisk "ignores the reality of gun violence in this country." (NewsWorks file photo) All the leading candidates in the ...
Eight years ago, a federal judge ruled the NYPD's use of stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional and a form of racial profiling, but some advocates say it's still being misused. "Since 2013, I have been ...
Screenshot of one of Joseph Hayden’s Copwatch videos. The officer stopped a bike messenger, then gave Hayden a ticket for being double parked while filming. This is your first of three free stories ...
A major lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's use of warrantless stops in high-crime neighborhoods goes to federal court Monday. Critics say the NYPD's practice — known as stop and ...
Plaintiffs in the stop-and-frisk litigation against the New York City Police Department said that a federal monitor's proposed confidentiality order would hide key data, such as how often officers are ...
A major lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's use of warrantless stops in high-crime neighborhoods goes to federal court Monday. Critics say the NYPD's practice — known as stop and ...