{"id":17192,"date":"2013-11-16T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T17:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=17192"},"modified":"2013-11-16T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T17:19:27","slug":"the-stop-and-frisk-case-takes-another-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=17192","title":{"rendered":"“The Stop-and-Frisk Case Takes Another Turn”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times editorial <\/a>begins:<\/p>\n

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit embarrassed itself again on Wednesday<\/a> by reaffirming a hasty and ill-considered decision last month to remove the presiding judge from the court battle over New York City\u2019s stop-and-frisk program and to stay her remedies for the policy\u2019s civil rights violations. <\/em><\/p>\n

Boy, what a furor over the Second Circuit three-guy panel’s decision! And it seems that the furor is not just out here, with those of us who are furious, but is whipping through Second Circuit chambers.<\/p>\n

Have to say, I am kind of enjoying what reads like an embarrassing half-assed apology from these three federal judges. But given the study just produced by our Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reviewing the efficacy of the stop-and-search policy (Stop-and-frisk led to few convictions, state study finds | Crain’s New York Business<\/a>.), I’ll reserve most of my enjoyment for the day that the policy is dismantled as (1) being unconstitutional and (2) being a flop.<\/p>\n

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