NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge’s conclusion that New York City police officers sometimes violate the constitution when they stop and frisk people has made officers “passive and scared” to use the crime-fighting tactic, lawyers warned a federal appeals panel Tuesday as they asked that the ruling be suspended while it is appealed. The […]
Barneys is being sued by an African American student from Queens who was detained following a large-item purchase – for no other reason than the color of his skin, he claims. In April, 19-year-old Trayton Christian was arrested after buying a $349 Salvatore Ferragamo belt at the store. After completing the purchase with his debit […]
Fifty-four-year-old Allen Moye (pictured), who was reportedly stopped and frisked in Harlem three years ago, is suing N.Y.C. for false arrest, after a federal judge made…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City council members say they will make history with a vote to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s vetoes on police oversight bills. At a rally on Thursday before the vote, activists cheered and held signs that read “override.” The council voted to create an inspector general for the police department […]
In a move straight from the Stupidest Criminals In The World files, Brooklyn rapper, Matthew Best, 26, stage name Neno Best, took to Instagram and…
The mother of Trayvon Martin spoke out Sunday against the stop-and-frisk police practice in New York City, saying neither police nor civilians have the right to stop someone because of their race. Critics say the stops target blacks and Hispanics who aren’t doing anything wrong. Earlier this week, a judge told New York City that […]
Huggy Lowdown announces this week’s “Bama of the Week” and lists the runner-ups including Tom Joyner and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Find out who won after you listen!
NEW YORK (AP) — In the years of debate over New York City’s stop-and-frisk tactic, the idea of putting tiny cameras on police officers to record their interaction with the public was never seriously considered. It came up almost by accident during an unscripted moment in the months-long civil rights trial over stop-and-frisk, when the […]
Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the court’s decision that New York City’s “stop and frisk” practice is unconstitutional.
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge’s stinging rebuke of the police department’s stop-and-frisk policy as discriminatory could usher in a return to the days of high violent crime rates and end New York’s tenure as “America’s safest big city,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned. The ruling strikes at the heart of the legacy Bloomberg aims […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its contentious stop-and-frisk policy, and an independent monitor is needed to oversee major changes, a federal judge ruled Monday in a stinging rebuke for what the mayor and police commissioner have defended as […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that police “disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little” as compared to murder suspects’ descriptions, sparking criticism from activists and some politicians in a city that has been immersed in a debate about law enforcement and discrimination. Speaking on his weekly WOR-AM radio appearance, […]
