Shira Scheindlin

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First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Why Racism in Numbers Will Bring Down the NYPD in the Stop-and-Frisk Trial

At some point over the next few weeks, the New York City Police Department is likely to lose a civil trial accusing it of having repeatedly violated the civil rights of city residents — and on a massive scale — by conducting hundreds of thousands of "stop ... [Published The Atlantic Wire - 11 hours ago]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Stop-and-Frisk: Michael Bloomberg's And Ray Kelly's 'New Jim Crow'

This week, the Floyd v City of New York trial ended in much the same way it began: with the New York Police Department (NYPD) brass still lying about their racist police Stop-and-Frisk practice that is criminalizing and crippling the future of legions ... [Published BlackStar News - 17 hours ago]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

NYPD report: Whites more likely to carry drugs and guns than minorities

The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and ... [Published UPI - May 22 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Heroic New York City Cop Who's Trying to Stop Stop-and-Frisk

Follow all Blog articles.Follow the Crime blog.Follow stories by .MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.New York City Police officers ... [Published Slate Magazine - May 22 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 10 reports

Should Cops Wear Body Cameras?

The judge overseeing a challenge to NYPD stop-and-frisk tactics said she was "intrigued" by the idea of requiring the police to use body cameras that would record street stops as the 10-week trial in federal court in Manhattan came to an end Monday."Everyone ... [Published Huffington Post - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Cop cams eyed

NYPD officers could be equipped with tiny cameras, under a plan being weighed by the judge overseeing the stop-and-frisk case.Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin said yesterday that she may order city cops to don “body- worn cameras” to ensure they’re ... [Published New York Post - May 21 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 7 reports

City slams stop-frisk suit in closing

Twelve witnesses told Judge Shira Scheindlin about their frightening encounters with police, but city lawyer Heidi Grossman said officers had a reason to stop all of them.Gretchen Hoff Varner, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, disagreed, saying the Police ... [Published New York Daily News - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Judge in NY 'stop and frisk' trial mulls cameras for police

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal judge who will rule in a class-action lawsuit accusing police of racial profiling in their "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactic expressed interest in having police officers wear cameras as the trial concluded on Monday. ... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 21 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

NYC Police’s Low Arrest Rate From Stops Troubles Judge

A judge in New York expressed concern over the number of stops conducted by city police that fail to result in arrests, summonses or the seizure of illegal weapons.U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan today asked a lawyer for the city about ... [Published Bloomberg - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Court Case Winds Down In New York's Stop-And-Frisk Challenge

Closing arguments are set to take place Monday in the federal class action trial involving New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. The trial has been going on for two months in Manhattan.Plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York claim the New York Police ... [Published KNAU - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Judge’s NYPD blues

The Manhattan judge presiding over civil-rights challenges to stop-and-frisk has no doubt where she stands with the government. Im not their favorite, US District Judge Shira Scheindlin told The Associated Press on Friday.It was but the latest moment ... [Published New York Post - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'

Z 2013-05-19T13:04:55Z The Associated Press The Associated Press1 hour ago • Associated PressThe federal judge overseeing the stop-and-frisk trial that has put New York Police Department officers in the spotlight says she knows she's not the government's ... [Published Post Star - May 19 2013]

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...In a footnote, Scheindlin added, "i emphasize that this ruling should in no way be taken to indicate that i have already concluded that the plaintiffs will prevail in floyd." But the city lawyers in the Floyd case are skeptical that the Judge's mind is open...
"everyone would know exactly what occurred" said U S District Judge Shira Scheindlin, who brought the idea up onon her own and suggested a pilot project in a few precincts. "I'm intrigued...
..."A lot of people are being frisked or searched on suspicion of having a gun and nobody has a gun," Judge Scheindlin said. "you reasonably suspect something and you're wrong 90 percent of the time, what can i infer from that? that is a lot of misjudgment of suspicion" she added. "That's a big error...

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Why Racism in Numbers Will Bring Down the NYPD ... [Published The Atlantic Wire - 11 hours ago]
Stop-and-Frisk: Michael Bloomberg's And Ray Kel... [Published BlackStar News - 17 hours ago]
The Heroic New York City Cop Who's Trying to St... [Published Slate Magazine - May 22 2013]
NYPD report: Whites more likely to carry drugs ... [Published UPI - May 22 2013]
Expert Suggests Cameras For Police Officers To ... [Published NY1 - May 22 2013]
Ninety Percent Mistakes in NY Stop-n-Frisk Case... [Published JD Journal - May 21 2013]
Should Cops Wear Body Cameras? [Published Huffington Post - May 21 2013]
Judge: Should NYPD Cops Wear Cameras? [Published Gothamist - May 21 2013]
Street Stop Trial Ends in Rapid-Fire Arguments [Published Courthouse News Service - May 21 2013]
Trial ends as judge determines whether NYPD’s ‘... [Published Raw Story - May 21 2013]
NYPD stop-and-frisk trial ends with city policy... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]
NYPD stop-and-frisk trial ends with city policy... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 21 2013]
Ninety Percent Mistakes in NY Stop-n-Frisk Case... [Published JD Journal.com - May 21 2013]
Cop cams eyed [Published New York Post - May 21 2013]
Stop-And-Frisk Judge Sharply Questions City Law... [Published AOL Black Voices - May 21 2013]
NYPD Stop-And-Frisk Trial Ends As Judge Peppers... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - May 21 2013]
City slams stop-frisk suit in closing [Published New York Daily News - May 21 2013]
Closing Arguments Heard In Stop-And-Frisk Trial [Published NY1 - May 21 2013]
Judge in NY 'stop and frisk' trial mulls camera... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 21 2013]
NYC Police’s Low Arrest Rate From Stops Trouble... [Published Bloomberg - May 20 2013]
NYC: No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic [Published Alaska Journal - May 20 2013]
Closing Arguments In Stop-And-Frisk Trial [Published NY1 - May 20 2013]
NYC: No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic [Published Greenfield Daily Reporter - May 20 2013]
Court Case Winds Down In New York's Stop-And-Fr... [Published KNAU - May 20 2013]
Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 20 2013]
Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing [Published Denver Post - May 20 2013]
Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing [Published Kansas City Star - May 20 2013]
Civil rights trial on NYPD stop, question and f... [Published Washington Post - May 20 2013]
Judge’s NYPD blues [Published New York Post - May 20 2013]
NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt' [Published Post Star - May 19 2013]
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Judge: Should NYPD Cops Wear Cameras? [Published Gothamist - May 21 2013]
Attorneys made their final summations in the landmark federal stop-and-frisk trial yesterday, and in addition to voicing skepticism of the practice's effectiveness, the judge expressed interest in the NYPD adopting body-mounted cameras to monitor officers' ...
Trial ends as judge determines whether NYPD’s ‘... [Published Raw Story - May 21 2013]
Judge did not provide timeframe for when ruling will be given but said landmark federal trial is ‘timely and pressing matter’Civil rights attorneys called for sweeping changes to the New York City police department’s controversial street-stop practices ...
How Michael Bloomberg Is Like Kanye West [Published Mojo Feed | Mother Jones - Apr 30 2013]
New York City has become the nation's leader in stop and frisk, the growing practice of stopping mostly young, mostly minority Americans on the street and searching them without a warrant or probable cause. The city is currently attempting to defend ...
FCPA Prosecutions Against Individuals? Check Ou... [Published FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog - Apr 30 2013]
One of the oft-heard criticisms of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the lack of individual prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). That may well be on its way to changing as April 2013 ...
The Death of Pennoyer v. Neff and the Requireme... [Published FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog - Mar 20 2013]
The bane of every first year law student, at least in Civil Procedure, is Pennoyer v. Neff . This is because (1) it is usually studied very early in the semester; (2) is viewed as the first true introduction to how strikingly convoluted legal issues ...
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Illegal NYPD Stop-and-Frisks Halted by Judge [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Jan 10 2013]
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