NYC Magazine » Drug War http://www.nycmagazine.com Covering all of New York City Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 NYPD Won’t Stop Stop-and-Frisk Program http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/23/nypd-wont-stop-stop-and-frisk-program/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/23/nypd-wont-stop-stop-and-frisk-program/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:50 +0000 Igor Derysh http://www.nycmagazine.com/?p=649 cops

When Michael Bloomberg campaigned for re-election, one of his biggest claims was his work to lower crime in the city. While crime did indeed go down under the Bloomberg but so did the level of civil liberties that New Yorkers have.

Now, it appears that the controversial and seemingly unconstitutional NYPD Stop-and-Frisk program will continue despite countless calls from civil liberties and beleaguered New Yorkers to stop the searches of innocent New Yorkers.

The NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk program has been going on for years. Each and every year the NYPD stops more than half of a million New ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/23/nypd-wont-stop-stop-and-frisk-program/feed/ 0