Citing parallel declines in stop-and-frisk encounters and crime rates, U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin on Sept. 17 rebuffed the Bloomberg administration’s request that she delay remedies she ordered to the NYPD program while her ruling is being appealed.
“The city offers no evidence to support the argument that the stop-and-frisk practices found unconstitutional in this court’s opinions are necessary to crime reduction,” she wrote in denying the request. “Indeed, the evidence cited by the City directly contradicts this argument.
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