A federal appeals court declined Friday to block the decision by a district court judge that the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional, marking an end to outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bid to reverse the ruling.
The three-judge US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided against vacating the August decision by US district court Judge Shira Scheindlin, who ruled the NYPD’s policing method was unconstitutional under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Continue reading “Appeals court upholds stop-and-frisk ruling, ending Bloomberg’s final attempt at reversal”