New York City Appeals Rulings Attacking Stop-And-Frisk
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New York City is appealing a federal judge’s findings that its police department violated the constitutional rights of minorities with its stop-and-frisk search tactic, according to filings in Manhattan federal court.
The city filed notices of appeal today of rulings by U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in which she assailed the department policy and appointed an independent monitor to oversee changes. New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said after the rulings Aug. 12 that the city benefited from the policy and that the judge “ignored the real-world realities of crime.”