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Analysis says New York’s stop-and-frisk policy isn’t working
An analysis of the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy by DNAinfo.com says that, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s allegations, stopping more people hasn’t prevented an increase in shootings. The number of shooting victims in the city increased between 2009 and 2011, Murray Weiss writes, from 1,727 to 1,821, despite officers…
You are the target of stop-and-frisk, not some mythical ‘other person’
In 2011, the New York Police Department stopped and frisked 700,000 people in a city of 8.2 million — that’s about 8.6 percent of the population, if you’re a numbers person — and 87 percent of those people who were stopped were African-American or Latino. About 45 percent of New…
NYPD faces criticism over stop-and-frisk
The New York Police Department faces unprecedented fire over stop-and-frisk, a tactic officials herald for curbing the city’s once notorious murder rate, but which critics see as a racially charged assault on human rights. Champions on both sides of the debate chimed in Friday a day after the police commissioner,…
Judge approves class action lawsuit over NYPD’s stop-and-frisk searches
A judge’s ruling Wednesday on a request to authorize a class action lawsuit over the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) use of “stop-and-frisk” searches could see more than 1 million people line up to file claims against the department for violating their constitutional rights. While it’s not likely to attract…
Rep. Peter King insists NYPD never profiles anybody
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is hopping mad over a recent vote in the House of Representatives that called upon the New York Police Department (NYPD) to stop profiling the Muslim community. Appearing on CNN Monday morning, King, who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security, repeatedly insisted that the NYPD…
Occupy protesters want New York police chief out
NEW YORK — About 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched in New York on Tuesday to demand the resignation of the city’s police chief after a slew of arrests. Several of the demonstrators knelt down, their mouths covered with tape and their hands tied behind their back in front of…
NYC mayor Bloomberg defends monitoring of U.S. Muslims
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday defended police surveillance of Muslims who travel between the Big Apple and nearby New Jersey, whose governor has lambasted the controversial scheme. “A lot of the World Trade Center terrorists that took 3,000 people went back and forth to New Jersey,” said Bloomberg,…
New York police surveillance of Muslims probed
NEW YORK — Authorities in New Jersey said Thursday they are looking into complaints that New York police have extended their controversial surveillance of Muslim communities into the neighboring state. “The matter is under review,” said Leland Moore, at the New Jersey attorney general’s office, refusing further comment. The American…
NYPD proposed spying on Muslims based solely on their religion
The New York Police Department proposed spying on more than a dozen Shia mosques despite any evidence of wrongdoing, secret police documents obtained by the Associated Press revealed. The May 2006 NYPD intelligence report, titled “US-Iran Conflict: The Threat to New York City,” recommended targeting a dozen mosques based solely…
Cocaine mistakenly sent to UN headquarters
UNITED NATIONS — A 16 kilo (35.5 pounds) consignment of cocaine that Mexican drug traffickers recently lost has turned up in an unlikely place — the United Nations in New York. Police and UN officials Thursday described how two fake UN bags containing the drugs — which experts said had…
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