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NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy subject to suit as racially biased

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A Columbia University student and free lance reporter for the NY Post, through the NYCLU, has sued the NYPD claiming its stop-and-frisk practice promotes stops and frisks for "walking while black". Group's lawsuit challenges NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy, from AP: A civil liberties group sued Wednesday in a challenge to the NYPD's practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of people each year for questioning, saying it is racially biased. The New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit lists New York Post reporter Leonardo Blair as the sole plaintiff, saying he was stopped and frisked by police officers as he walked from his car to his Bronx home last November. He was taken to a police station, where officers expressed surprise that though he was black, he was not from "the projects," the lawsuit said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).