By Chris Hoenig
Calling it “indirect racial profiling,” a federal judge has ruled that the New York Police Department’s controversial “Stop and Frisk” policy is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin stopped short of ordering a complete halt to the program, but she did appoint an independent monitor to oversee reforms to the practices to bring them in compliance with the Constitution. Officers in some of the busiest “Stop and Frisk” precincts will have to wear cameras as part of their uniforms, part of a one-year trial program to monitor and create an “objective record” of police interactions in the community.
