NYC agrees to stop-and-frisk monitor, reforms
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday delivered on his promise to reform stop-and-frisk police tactics, agreeing to the appointment of a monitor and seeking to end a 14-year court fight that culminated in a judge’s ruling that New York City had discriminated in carrying out the crime-reduction program.
“We believe these steps will make everyone safer,” de Blasio told a Brooklyn news conference shortly after city lawyers asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to return the case to the lower court “for the purpose of exploring a full resolution.”
He added: “This will be one city where everyone rises together, where everyone’s rights are protected.”