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Stop and Frisk Policy

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24-year-old breaks down in NY stop, frisk trial

Colleen Long, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A 24-year-old nonprofit worker wept on the witness stand Tuesday as he described an unnerving episode of being handcuffed near his home while an officer took his keys and went inside his building.
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(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NY stop-and-frisk debate gains political spotlight

Colleen Long & Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — After more than a decade of complaints, the New York Police Department's practice of stopping and frisking people on the streets has suddenly moved to the forefront as a combustible political issue...
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Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York. The New York City Council Public Safety Committee will hear proposals to impose new requirements for police “stop-and-frisk" encounters, a strategy of detaining and sometimes searching anyone officers deem suspicious, but critics argue the practice is discriminatory and unfairly targets minorities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Lawmakers weigh new rules for NYPD street stops

Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police stops of hundreds of thousands of people each year are in the spotlight as city lawmakers consider setting new rules for the stop-and-frisk practice and even appointing an inspector general to monitor the police department...
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 14: Actor Giancarlo Esposito attends NBC's Upfront

Giancarlo Esposito gets stop-and-frisked

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Actor Giancarlo Esposito was stopped and frisked by the NYPD in a case of mistaken identity just days before his interview with The Wrap...
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Cornel West, Carl Dix to protest NYPD's 'Stop and Frisk' policy

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On October 21, The Stop Mass Incarceration Network spearheaded by revolutionary communist Carl Dix plans to descend upon the Harlem precinct in non-violent protest of New York City's "Stop and Frisk" policy...
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