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Published on September 1, 2015
The NYPD will now give receipts to people that they "stop and frisk" but do not arrest.
This is supposed to be the solution to the end the discriminatory practices of the "stop and frisk" policy.
Officer’s will have to fill out a card with their name and badge number along with a reason for why the person was stopped.
Ana Kasparian (The Point), John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
“Beginning September 21, NYPD officers will have to issue "receipts" to anyone they stop, but do not arrest, and offer an explanation for the encounter.
Officers will also have to fill in their badge number and provide contact information for the Civilian Review Board, in case citizens want to file a complaint.
It appears to be a stunning reversal for a police department that just four years ago stopped over half-a-million innocent people under the city's stop-and-frisk policy, the vast majority of whom were Black or Latino.
But the move is coming under fire from police reform advocates, who say it doesn't go far enough, and from New York City police unions, who call it a "new burden" on officers.”
