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Federal Judge Finds NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Practices Unconstitutional

August 13th

NEW YORK, NY — A federal judge Monday found that the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk search tactics violated the constitutional rights of racial minorities in the city and ordered a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms in the department. Federal District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin did not find stop-and-frisks unconstitutional in themselves, but ruled […]

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Judge Rules NYPD’s ‘Stop and Frisk’ Violates Constitutional Rights

August 12th

NEW YORK, NY — In a stinging rebuke to the Bloomberg administration, a federal judge ruled on Monday that the New York City Police’s “stop and frisk” crime-fighting tactics violate the constitutional rights of minorities, despite claims by the mayor and police commissioner that it has driven down rates of violent crime. U.S. District Judge […]

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Pressure on New York Senate for Marijuana Decriminalization Fix

June 16th

NEW YORK, NY — New York City elected officials called on Senate leaders Friday to put to a vote a bill that will end the biased and costly practices of falsely arresting tens of thousands of people in New York for low-level marijuana possession before the end of the legislative session Thursday.

They were joined by dozens of advocates and impacted people to urge passage before the legislative session ends next week. The proposal outlined in Gov. Cuomo’s 2013 State of the State Address would decriminalize possessing up to 15 grams of marijuana in public view, while smoking in public would remain a misdemeanor.

One year ago, the NY City Council voted on a resolution to support legislation in Albany to end these arrests. Since that legislation failed to pass last year, nearly 50,000 more people were arrested as a result of this broken law. Fixing the law would help end the practice of arresting tens of thousands of young people per year for possessing marijuana in public view when police demand that someone “empty their pockets” during a stop-and-frisk encounter.

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New York City Marijuana Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High

May 15th

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NEW YORK, NY — Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, including controversial stop-and-frisk tactics, New York City has for more than a decade been the world’s leader in marijuana possession arrests, but now those numbers are starting to go down.

According to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services, some 10,078 people had been arrested on pot possession charges through April 23, about a 20% decrease over the same period last year. And last year saw a 22% overall decline in pot possession arrests over 2011.

That means that if the current trend continues, New York City will still see more than 30,000 small-time pot busts this year, but that’s better than the 50,000 arrested in 2011 or the 40,000 last year.

And this in a state that decriminalized marijuana possession in 1977. The arrests occur because possession in public view is not decriminalized, and for years, the NYPD followed a practice of police directing people t. . . . . READ MORE

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