Quinn: If I’m Mayor And Kelly Wants To Keep Job, Stop-And-Frisk Must Come Down...

[AnotherMcIntosh]

11. That ruling was limited. In the near future, another ruling may be issued.

With respect to the limited ruling in which the court held that stop-and-frisks outside private residential buildings without probable cause were unconstitutional:

"The NYCLU argued that “Clean Halls,” which exists in 8,000 buildings citywide, leads to people being hassled by cops near their own abode for no legitimate reason.

"The legal challenge centered on the case of Jaenean Ligon, who in August 2011 sent her 17-year-old son to buy ketchup for the family’s dinner.

"Two plainclothes cops stopped and frisked the teen outside the family’s building and then asked Ligon to come downstairs to identify her son, according to court documents.

"The mother of three testified the request sent her into a panic because she feared the worst — that her son had been seriously hurt or killed.