stop and frisk

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Mike Bloomberg Can't Shake The Legacy Of Stop-And-Frisk Policing In New York

3:45pm February 26, 2020

by Joel Rose

As he runs for president, the former New York City mayor faces tough questions about aggressive police tactics that disproportionately targeted young men of color.

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A critic of the New York City Police Department stop-and-frisk policy wears a shirt outlining a citizen's search rights at a city council meeting in August 2013. The Supreme Court ruled Monday in an unrelated case that even if police stop someone without

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Evidence Found In Illegal Stops Backed By Justices, But Brings Fiery Dissent

11:37pm June 20, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Even if police halt someone for no reason, the Supreme Court said, if a reason to search them is discovered, anything found is admissible. Justice Sotomayor says that disproportionately hits the poor.

Reginald Britt first moved into the Taft Houses, a public housing complex in East Harlem, in 1976

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Can New York Police Build Trust Among Public Housing Residents?

3:42pm March 18, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

Many New York public housing residents once trusted the police who patrolled their communities. Since an officer killed an unarmed man in public housing, some are pressing to change police tactics.

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