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NYPD’s ‘Stop and frisk’ tactics ruled unconstitutional by federal judge

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A federal judge has ruled that the New York City Police Department’s heavily-criticized “stop and frisk” approach to crime-fighting is unconstitutional, the New York Times reported on Monday.

The ruling by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin is the latest blow to the policy, which data suggests has not been effective in actually preventing shootings in the city while being decried for targeting Black and Latino men almost exclusively.