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January 9, 2013

New York Judge Rules Stop-and-Frisk of Bronx Residents Unconstitutional 
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A federal judge in Manhattan has dealt a major setback to the New York
City police tactic known as "stop and frisk." On Tuesday, Judge Shira
Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
York ruled that police are not allowed to routinely stop pedestrians
outside of private residential buildings in the Bronx. The so-called
"Clean Halls" program has prompted allegations of police harassment by
residents who say they are being accosted outside of the buildings in
which they live. In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights
said: "The stops held unconstitutional today ... are part of a pattern
of unconstitutional NYPD stops in all boroughs that have disrupted the
lives of New Yorkers, particularly Black and Latino New Yorkers, for
over a decade."

 

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