Fed Court Expected to End Bloomberg's Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisks in the Near Future [View all]

[AnotherMcIntosh]

With the completion of the case of Floyd v. The City of New York, the DOJ is reportedly anticipating a ruling that would end Mayor Bloomberg's unconstitutional stop-and-frisks in the near future.

"Police seized guns in only 0.15 percent of all stops, and found "contraband" in general in 1.75 percent of all stops.

"Lawyers for the stop-and-frisk challengers noted that this "hit rate" was lower than in the case of a car random checkpoint protested in Indianapolis v. Edmonds, in which police seized drugs in 5 percent of all vehicles.

"... observers expect the civil libertarian judge to appoint a monitor to oversee the NYPD.
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"The DOJ has put in place similar agreements with other cases alleging widespread unconstitutional policing practices," the rights group (known as the Center for Constitutional Rights) said in a statement. "It is high time the city of New York and its police department stop their obstinate non-compliance with the law and accept that the kind of significant change necessary to fix the problems with the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices will require outside monitoring."

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/14/58536.htm

If the DOJ wants real reform in New York with respect to Bloomberg's attacks on the Constitution, including using his private army of cops to deliver unnecessary and excessive violence to peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors, the DOJ should prosecute and put Bloomberg in prison.

By what right does he openly disregard the 4th Amendment with his stop-and-frisk practices? A Federal prosecution of Bloomberg for intentionally violating the Civil Rights of those in NY, however, will never happen. Holder knows how to protect the interests of the super-rich.