New York Cityโs newly elected Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the city will drop its appeal of a ruling by a U.S. district court that found the New York City Police Departmentโs controversial โstop-and-friskโ program unconstitutional and settle an ongoing lawsuit. In August, Judge Shira Scheindlin criticized the police for relying on a โpolicy of indirect racial profilingโ that led officers to routinely stop โblacks and Hispanics who would not have been stopped if they were white.โ De Blasio announced the news on Thursday at a press conference with allies, including the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union. โWeโre here today to turn the page on one of the most divisive problems in our city,โ de Blasio said. โWe believe in ending the overuse of stop-and-frisk that has unfairly targeted young African-American and Latino men.โ We air clips from de Blasio, new NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and stop-and-frisk victim Nicholas Peart. We are joined by Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and counsel on their lawsuit against New York City.
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Between the time DeBlasio, as mayor-elect and now, announced Bill Bratton as โretreadโ (Carl Dix label, apt) from Giuliani Admin., nobody has asked DeBlasio: โWhat about Anthony Baez? and the other dead young men from the Bratton first time as NYPD Commissioner, 1994-96?โ.