provided by cnnnext.com 5/5/13

Leaders of the New York Police Department offered an innovative (if self-deprecating) rationale for its practice of stop-and-frisks: 10 percent of its officers are lazy and need an incentive to get out of their squad cars.



The argument is all the more surprising because it comes as part of a civil trial focused on the department's practice of stopping people on the street suspected of crimes and searching them."*



"Stop and frisks" are a controversial NYPD tactic that's come under fire many times as unconstitutional.

Well, now two whistleblowers are saying there IS a quota-like system that's causing these arrests.

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

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