Judge: Monitor To Oversee NYPD Stop-And-Frisk Policy Changes
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A federal judge on Monday appointed an outside set of eyes to oversee changes to New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy which she says violates the constitutional rights of New Yorkers.
U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin said in a long-awaited ruling that one-time city lawyer and former Manhattan chief assistant district attorney Peter L. Zimroth has been appointed as the monitor.
The decision in the federal class action trial comes after allegations police supervisors and their union pressured officers to stop, question and frisk hundreds and thousands of people by establishing quotas and racial profiling.
The New York Civil Liberties Union hailed the decision, calling it a "major victory for New Yorkers and for fair, just and effective policing by the nation’s largest police force."
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