NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawsuit by a group of black and Latino New York City public housing residents who say police violated their civil rights may proceed to trial, a judge ruled on Thursday. The case, filed in 2010, is one of three proposed class action lawsuits before Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin. All three suits say the New York Police Department’s controversial crime-fighting tactic known as “stop and frisk” improperly targets minorities. …
Judge allows suit over NY police tactics in public housing
Posted by getsomenews.com on Oct 05, 2012