Washington, Jan. 9 (ANI): A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered the New York Police Department to stop the controversial 'stop and frisk' tactic outside a privately owned Bronx apartment building without first having reasonable suspicion.
He said that the method had crossed the bounds of what could be considered constitutional.
Judge Shira Scheindlin said that while it may be difficult to say where, precisely, to draw the line between constitutional and unconstitutional police encounters, such a line exists, and the NYPD has systematically crossed it when making trespass stops outside TAP buildings in the Bronx.
According to CNN, she made the statement as part of an interim injunction in a lawsuit brought against the city. The next proceeding in the case is scheduled for January 31.
The much-criticized policy, in which police stop and search those they consider suspicious, has been used to deter crime, the police department has said.
But it has also brought on a slew of lawsuits by residents complaining of unlawful stops, the report added. (ANI)
|
|
Comments:
