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[david_827]

i know NYC does have (or used to) a stop and frisk law which allows the NYPD to stop and frisk anyone they deem suspicious. I know there was a federal challenge to this law as it promotes discrimination, but i dont know how far that challenge has gone because if i remember correctly the court procedings recently started

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by david_827

i know NYC does have (or used to) a stop and frisk law which allows the NYPD to stop and frisk anyone they deem suspicious. I know there was a federal challenge to this law as it promotes discrimination, but i dont know how far that challenge has gone because if i remember correctly the court procedings recently started

Daniels et al. vs The City of New York et al. (a class action lawsuit) was filed in 1999 charging that the NYPD was using racial profiling and illegal stop and frisk practices. A settlement with the city was reached in December of 2003. Part of the settlement required that officers conducting stop and frisks be audited and that those audits be forwarded to the Center for Constitutional Rights on a quarterly basis. Due to an increase in stop and frisks and a non-compliance with the 2003 settlement, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a new complaint in 2008 that was class certified in 2011 -- Floyd et al. vs The City of New York. The trial is set to start on March 18, 2013. Hopefully, the CCR will win and the settlement will be more effective than with the previous lawsuit. . IMO, Bloomberg has a Napoleon complex.....and having a 20 billion dollar plus net worth, increasing stop and frisks by 600 % (as he has), and limiting some soft drink vendors to 16 oz of product isn't going to make him any taller.