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February 12, 2009

NYPD Makes Record 530,000 Stop-and-Frisks
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Newly released data shows New York City police officers made a record
530,000 stop-and-frisks last year. The city’s data shows over 80 percent
of the people stopped-and-frisked were Black or Latino. Only about 10
percent of stops were of Whites, who comprise 44 percent of the city’s
population. Last year the Center for Constitutional Rights sued the city
charging that it has a policy of conducting unconstitutional
stop-and-frisks and singles out ethnic minorities.



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