Judge Rules NYC’s ‘Stop-And-Frisk’ Unconstitutional

City council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Bloomberg ally running against de Blasio, said, “Too many young men of color are being stopped in the streets of New York in an unconstitutional manner and that must stop…as mayor, I intend to work with the federal monitor to help ensure these stops come down dramatically so that we can build stronger relationships between our communities of color and our police force. “

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, another candidate for the Democratic mayoral nomination, called the ruling a “teachable moment.”

“When the police stop tens of thousands of citizens who have done nothing wrong — the overwhelming number being young men of color — basic civil rights are being violated,” Weiner said.

Weiner did, however, ask the judge to delay the process of installing a monitor to oversee the NYPD until after a new mayor – and likely a new police commissioner – are sworn in in January.

Sceindlin’s ruling, coming in the final months of Bloomberg’s long tenure, marks another blow to a mayoral legacy that has suffered a series of shots as the billionaire media mogul prepares to return to private life.

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