City Defends Heavy Use of Stop-and-Frisk by Police Dept.
May 21, 2013
A lawyer for New York City insisted yesterday that plaintiffs have thoroughly failed to prove that New York City police violate the U.S. Constitution on a massive scale by stopping, questioning and frisking young men of color without reasonable suspicion they have committed or are about to commit a crime.
Stop-and-Frisk Judge Relishes Her Independence
May 20, 2013
Shira Scheindlin, who is presiding over one of the most politically charged cases in recent New York City history, says there are too many judges who don’t want to deliver controversial rulings. Few court observers would describe Scheindlin as cautious and the judge spoke freely when she sat down to discuss some of her prior decisions and her views on being a federal judge.
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