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New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 [View all]
Source: Reuters
New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK | Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:32pm EDT
(Reuters) - The broadest legal challenge to the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" will head to trial in March, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday.
The case stems from a class action lawsuit filed in 2008 by four black men claiming they were improperly targeted by police because of their race.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan granted class action status to the lawsuit in March, saying the plaintiffs had established their cases were emblematic of a city-wide problem.
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At Monday's hearing, the judge said the case had dragged on long enough and noted that the March 18, 2013 trial would be more than five years since the case was first filed.
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By Basil Katz
NEW YORK | Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:32pm EDT
(Reuters) - The broadest legal challenge to the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" will head to trial in March, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday.
The case stems from a class action lawsuit filed in 2008 by four black men claiming they were improperly targeted by police because of their race.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan granted class action status to the lawsuit in March, saying the plaintiffs had established their cases were emblematic of a city-wide problem.
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At Monday's hearing, the judge said the case had dragged on long enough and noted that the March 18, 2013 trial would be more than five years since the case was first filed.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/27/us-usa-newyork-stopandfrisk-idUSBRE87Q17U20120827
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