(The Root) — In a pair of rulings announced Monday morning, a federal judge found that the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics violated the constitutional rights of the city’s ...

Motor vehicle searches by the NYPD surged under Mayor Eric Adams, overwhelmingly targeting Black and Latino drivers and typically without a legally justifiable basis for the enforcement, according to ...

City Council members were surprised to learn on Jan. 25 that Austin is a “stop-and-frisk” city. The revelation came courtesy of the latest report from Kroll Associates, the consulting firm hired in ...

A New York Police Department procedure known as stop-and-frisk violates the civil rights of minorities and should be overseen by an independent monitor, a federal court judge ruled Monday. The New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NYPD officers too often stop Black and Hispanic drivers without justification, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. The suit, filed ...

The stop-and-frisk cases put on hold by the Second Circuit have been assigned to Southern District Judge Analisa Torres, but solely for the purpose of implementing the circuit's order. The future of a ...

Retired judges and a number of law professors have submitted legal briefs in support of the reinstatement of Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin to the stop-and-frisk cases. A three-judge panel ...

One week after a Second Circuit panel stayed Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin's orders in the stop-and-frisk litigation and removed her from the cases for compromising the "appearance of ...

Two local organizations are asking the Charlottesville Circuit Court to order city police to turn over information on the department’s stop-and-frisk policy, saying city police officials have refused ...

A federal judge Tuesday, citing unnecessary costs and burdens on police, temporarily postponed an order she issued earlier this month that directed the NYPD to make only legal stop and frisks in the ...