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| NYPD agrees $75mn payout over illegal ‘broken windows' policy | |
| 2017-06-14 | |
| [RT] A class-action lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of issuing hundreds of thousands of summonses in order to boost its crime statistics has been settled for $75 million. A federal judge approved the settlement Monday after seven years of litigation. The controversy arises out of the NYPD’s ‘broken windows’ policing strategy, tactics based on the idea that clamping down on minor crimes, such as broken windows, helps prevent more serious crimes. The NYPD adopted the policy in the 1990s and it subsequently spread to other American cities. The plaintiffs in the case Sharif Stinson et al v City of New York argued that minorities have been disproportionately targeted by the policy.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Is Judge Robert W. Sweet, an activist judge? NYC and many of the U.S. District judges have taken leave of their collective senses. The result: Redux of "Escape from New York" with Snake Plissken; the left thrives on chaos. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-14 08:53 |
| #2 Facts be Racist (do I need to put a /sarc on that?) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-14 08:19 |
| #1 argued that minorities have been disproportionately targeted by the policy. Actually the other way around. Minorities, esp black, are not targeted enough to their proportion of crimes committed. NYPD Releases New York City Crime Stats for 2013 Based On Race New York City Population by Race/Hispanic Origin (Census Bureau 2013: American Community Survey ACS) White 2,733,605 32.8% Black 1,885,882 22.6% Hispanic 2,406,890 28.9% Total Population 8,336,697 Shooting victims are most frequently Black (74.4%) or Hispanic (21.6%). White victims account for an additional (2.8%) The race/ethnicity of known Shooting suspects is most frequently Black (74.7%). Hispanic suspects accounted for an additional (22.0%) of all suspects. White suspects (2.2%) accounted for the remaining significant portion of suspects The Shooting arrest population is similarly distributed. Black arrestees (72.5%) and Hispanic arrestees (24.0%) account for the majority of Shooting arrest population. White arrestees (2.3%) The Drug Felony Arrest population is most frequently Black (44.3%) or Hispanic (40.2%). White arrestees account for (13.3%) Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter victims are most frequently Black (62.9%) or Hispanic (25.2%). White victims account for (7.2%) The race/ethnicity of known Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter suspects mirrors the victim population with Black (55.0%) and Hispanic (35.5%) suspects accounting for the majority of suspects. White suspects account for (5.8%) The Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter arrest population is similarly distributed. Black arrestees (54.0%) and Hispanic arrestees (36.5%) account for the majority of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter arrestees while White arrestees (6.5%) Rape victims are most frequently Black (40.8%) or Hispanic (34.5%). White victims account for (17.7%) Rape suspects are most frequently Black (53.0%) or Hispanic (33.4%). White suspects account for (9.9%) Rape arrestees are most frequently Black (46.0%) and Hispanic (42.1%). White arrestees (6.0%) Robbery victims are most frequently Hispanic (36.7%) or Black (33.4%). White victims account for (16.7%) The race/ethnicity of known Robbery suspects is primarily Black (69.7%). Hispanic suspects account for an additional (25.0%) of the suspect population. White suspects account for (4.0%) The Robbery arrestees are most frequently Black (62.4%) or Hispanic (29.8%). White arrestees (5.1%) Felonious Assault victims are most frequently Black (46.7%) or Hispanic (34.3%). White victims account for (12.8%) The race/ethnicity of known Felonious Assault suspects is most frequently Black (55.9%) or Hispanic (31.5%). White suspects account for (8.7%) Felonious Assault arrestees are most frequently Black (52.2%) or Hispanic (33.7%). White arrestees (8.9%) |
| Posted by: Grosh Fluns8036 2017-06-14 05:20 |