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June 13, 2013

Admin Backs Independent Monitor of "Stop and Frisk" 
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The Obama administration is backing calls for a court-appointed monitor
to oversee New York City's controversial stop-and-frisk policing
program. In a brief filed Wednesday night, the Justice Department
endorsed the appointment of a monitor in the event "stop and frisk" is
deemed to be unlawful. A New York judge is set to decide on a lawsuit
that says "stop and frisk" is unconstitutional and unfairly targets
people of color. Nearly 90 percent of people stopped by police in 2011
were black and Latino, and nine out of 10 were neither arrested nor
ticketed. We'll have more on this story later in the broadcast.

 

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