Mayor Rahm and his bluster-filled top cop try this and that ineffective measure to “stop the violence” in black and Hispanic neighborhoods. NY City had the answer. One judge nixed it (no matter if it improves life in neighborhoods). But an appeals panel ruled her out of order and took her off the case.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has credited [‘Stop-and-Frisk’] with helping drive crime in New York City to record lows. But Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio repeatedly attacked the Bloomberg administration for using stop-and-frisk too often against minorities in high-crime neighborhoods, and said he would reduce its use.
Many have credited his outspoken stance against the policy with helping him win the Democratic primary election. He faces Republican Joe Lhota on Tuesday in the city’s general election. In a statement, Mr. de Blasio said he was disappointed by Thursday’s order. “We have to end the overuse of stop and frisk—and any delay only means a continued and unnecessary rift between our police and the people they protect,” he said.
City officials praised it. “We could not be more pleased with the Court’s findings,” New York City Corporation Counsel Michael A. Cardozo said in a news release. “In short, the ruling of unconstitutional practices is no longer operative, and that question will now receive a fresh and independent look both by the appeals court and then, if necessary, by a different trial court judge.”
This de Blasio is something else in the way of dogmatic far-leftism.
Blithe Spirit 