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24th March 2013, 17:50
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/22/nypd-stop-frisk-quota-race
The NYPD has stopped approximately 5 million people over the last decade. According to department data, the vast of majority of those stopped are African American or Latino. nearly nine out of 10 of those stopped have walked away without a summons or arrest.
The NYPD has "laid siege to black and Latino communities" through "arbitrary, unnecessary and unconstitutional harassment", Charney added. critics say the program has produced a sense of second-class citizenship in minority communities
officers in his Bronx precinct were expected to issue 20 summons and make one arrest per month. If they did not they would risk denied vacation, being separated from longtime partners, undesirable assignments and other consequences.
a NYPD captain told officers: "the summons is a money–generating machine for the city."
"I have no problem telling you this … male blacks. And I told you at roll call, male blacks 14 to 21."
his attempts to raise concerns about stop and frisk and the existence of quotas have been met with retaliation, including fellow officers vandalizing his locker. "As a Hispanic living in the Bronx, I have been stopped many times"
The NYPD has stopped approximately 5 million people over the last decade. According to department data, the vast of majority of those stopped are African American or Latino. nearly nine out of 10 of those stopped have walked away without a summons or arrest.
The NYPD has "laid siege to black and Latino communities" through "arbitrary, unnecessary and unconstitutional harassment", Charney added. critics say the program has produced a sense of second-class citizenship in minority communities
officers in his Bronx precinct were expected to issue 20 summons and make one arrest per month. If they did not they would risk denied vacation, being separated from longtime partners, undesirable assignments and other consequences.
a NYPD captain told officers: "the summons is a money–generating machine for the city."
"I have no problem telling you this … male blacks. And I told you at roll call, male blacks 14 to 21."
his attempts to raise concerns about stop and frisk and the existence of quotas have been met with retaliation, including fellow officers vandalizing his locker. "As a Hispanic living in the Bronx, I have been stopped many times"