NYC Police’s Low Arrest Rate From Stops Troubles Judge
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A federal judge told a lawyer for New York City she was troubled by the number of stops police made that failed to result in arrests, summonses or seizure of illegal weapons.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan yesterday asked the lawyer about data showing that 90 percent of people stopped and questioned or frisked by city police aren’t found to have done anything illegal.