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Center for Constitutional Rights
New York's The Center for Constitutional Rights also provides a wealth of information about stop-and-frisk and its impact on minority New Yorkers. This report, released in January 2009, reviews the data from officers' UF-250 reports obtained by CCR as part of a lawsuit against the NYPD alleging civil rights violations occurring during stop-and-frisk procedures. Among the many distressing, though perhaps unsurprising, conclusions drawn from analysis of the UF-250 data were that Black and Latino people were much more likely to be frisked and to have force used against them during stop-and-frisk encounters, and that stop-and-frisk resulted in minimal weapons and contraband yield for the NYPD. CCR published fact sheets from the NYPD data summarizing this information.
NYPD's Stop and Frisk -- The Numbers and the Impact http://stopandfrisk.org
NYPD's Stop and Frisk -- The Numbers and the Impact http://stopandfrisk.org
New York Civil Liberties Union
The New York Civil Liberties Union argues that the NYPD practice of stopping and frisking people without probable cause is unconstitutional and racially motivated. It has successfully fought for the release of NYPD stop-and-frisk data in order to monitor this practice, particularly with regard to racial bias. In addition, it has challenged the NYPD's policy of storing data on people who have been stopped but not charged with any crime. A November 29, 2011 press release quotes Donna Lieberman, executive director of the NYCLU as saying: “Entire neighborhoods in New York City are turning into Constitution-free zones. A walk to the subway or corner deli should not carry the assumption that you will be confronted by police, but that is the disturbing reality for many New Yorkers. Racially biased policing undermines trust between residents and police, harming public safety. It’s time to hold the NYD accountable for its unlawful and destructive stop-and-frisk practices.”
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NYCLU Stop-and-Frisk in 2011 Report
Finds NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Ineffective, Reveals Depth of Racial Disparities (May 9, 2012)
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People's Justice Coaltion
Peoples’ Justice was initiated by the NYC Coalition Against Police Brutality (CAPB) and allies. We are a coalition of NYC-based grassroots organizations that have joined forces to win community control and police accountability.Peoples' Justice includes the following groups:
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Police Reform Organizing Project
The Police Reform Organizing Project promotes changes in the ineffective, wasteful, unjust, illegal, bullying, and racially biased practices of the NYPD. PROP's fact sheet highlights the connections between NYPD practices and race as well as the implications of the War on Drugs.