The Sandinista-loving NY mayor withdrew the appeal of a ruling against stop-and-frisk by a judge biased against NYPD and agreed to the court’s oversight of the police department; the police union is seeking permission to reinstate the appeal
Getting two years more oversight than he requested serves de Blasio right. Unfortunately, any court supervision of NYPD does not protect or serve the safety of New Yorkers, especially those living in the gang-infested black and Hispanic neighborhoods. You can bet that the Federal Monitor will not limit his oversight just to the stop-and-frisk tactics.
NYPD SETTLEMENT: FIVE YEARS OF STOP-AND-FRISK OVERSIGHT
By Courtney Coren
Newsmax
March 5, 2014
The proposed settlement in the stop-and-frisk case against the New York Police Department calls for five years of court oversight for the department, according to court documents.
That is two years more than Mayor Bill de Blasio requested when he announced in January that the city was dropping the appeal of the ruling by a judge who said the practice was unconstitutional, the New York Post reports.
The proposed settlement was filed Tuesday with Manhattan federal Judge Analisa Torres. It calls for federal monitoring of the department to keep tabs on officers, including "an additional two years of court oversight."
The original agreement, reached in January, said there would be a court-appointed monitor who would oversee reforms to the controversial stop-and-frisk program for three years.
Ending the stop-and-frisk policy in the NYPD is one of de Blasio's campaign promises and is a policy that former Mayor Michael Bloomberg fought for.
The city's police unions are planning to ask Torres if they can appeal the ruling by Judge Shira Scheindlin, who said the policy was unconstitutional, but who was removed from the case due to questions of impartiality.
"There might be an agreement in place, but the unions certainly haven't agreed to anything," said Al O'Leary, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association spokesman.
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