The struggle over New York City’s stop-and-frisk practices has been a long and dramatic one, played out in the streets, in the City Council and, of late, in a series of highly unusual court maneuvers and counter-maneuvers.
Since the landmark ruling in the successful class action Floyd v. City of New York in August, we have seen the unprecedented removal of the judge from the case by a panel of the appeals court followed by a desperate Hail Mary attempt by the city to have the panel vacate her entire decision, a move the panel dismissed. On top of that, the police unions filed to join the case in the appeal, which the plaintiffs opposed.
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