Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce today the city will drop its appeal over the federal stop-and-frisk case in which the practice was deemed unconstitutional, sources tell NY1.
Back in November, a federal appeals court decided not to toss out a ruling that found the New York City Police Department’s policy is discriminatory.
The city, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, was pushing for Judge Shira Scheindlin’s ruling to be thrown out because she was removed from the case by a panel of judges who said she gave the appearance of bias.
In her ruling, Scheindlin said in many cases the NYPD was breaking the constitutional rights of black and Latino men by stopping and frisking them.
She said the department needs to do better training and start a program that would require officers wear body cameras to record their actions.
Mayor de Blasio had said he would end the practice when he took office.
Further details are expected later today at a press conference in Brooklyn.
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