Leandra Budhram

Law Period 4

Stop & Frisk

• Furtive Movements- Hands in pocket, covering face, whispering to people.

• Carrying Objects in Plain View

• Fits Description

Circumstances In Which Lead To A Stop?

• Actions Indicative of Acting As A Lookout

• Suspicious Bulge/Object• Wearing Clothes/

Disguises Commonly Used in Commission of Crime

Who gets Stopped & Frisked?

As depicted by the graph, minorities are the main target of stop and frisk. Together, they make up 41.6% of the stops but only 3.7% of the

population in New York.

Vocabulary Words Associated with Stop and Frisk

Court CaseFloyd vs. City of New York

The City’s appeals of landmark August win filed in fall of 2013 at behest of the outgoing New York City mayor and police commissioner, and expense of people whose rights have been violated for more than a decade and who have demonstrated that they are urgently waiting for this reform process to move forward.

On October 31, 2013, three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted the City’s request to stay the remedial process ordered in August 2013 and reassigned the Floyd case to a different district court judge. Public outcry ensued, and CCR, along with others including the removed judge, asked for reconsideration by all the judges sitting on the Second Circuit.

Court Case Continued

In late November, the Court of Appeals clarified in a subsequent order that they were pausing consideration of the all of the issues on appeal in the case, apparently in order to give the incoming mayoral administration and Floyd plaintiffs an opportunity to attempt to resolve the case and to begin the long overdue reform process.

On January 30, 2014, CCR announced along with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio that we have reached an agreement for the City to drop the appeal and to begin the reform process that New Yorkers have been asking for.

Review QuestionsUnderstanding and Knowledge Check

1) What are the circumstances in which lead to a stop?

Carry objects in plain view, first description.

2) What is the level of period required on stops and arrest?

Probable Cause

3) What are the specific and articulable facts for police officers? Reasonable Suspicion is more than a hunch that a

crime has been committed.

Resources"Stop-and-Frisk Campaign: About the Issue."

New York Civil Liberties Union. New York Civil Liberties Union, Sept.-Oct. 2013. Web. 26 May 2014.

Sanchez, Ray, and Haley Draznin and Steve Kastenbaum. "New York Drops Appeal of Controversial Stop & Frisk Ruling." CNN. Cable News Network, 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 26 May 2014.

Twitter. Twitter Inc. Mar. 2006. Web. 26 May 2014.