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1 results foundAuthor: Center for Constitutional Rights Title: Stop and Frisk: The Human Impact. The Stories Behind the Numbers; The Effects on Our Communities Summary: The New York City Police Department's (NYPD’s) aggressive stop-and-frisk practices are having a profound effect on individuals, groups and communities across the city. This report documents some of the human stories behind the staggering statistics and sheds new light on the breadth of impact this policy is having on individuals and groups, in neighborhoods, and citywide. The Center for Constitutional Rights conducted a series of interviews with people who have been stopped and frisked by NYPD and heard testimonies from a wide range of people who are living under the weight of the unprecedented explosion of this practice. These interviews provide evidence of how deeply this practice impacts individuals and they document widespread civil and human rights abuses, including illegal profiling, improper arrests, inappropriate touching, sexual harassment, humiliation and violence at the hands of police officers. The effects of these abuses can be devastating and often leave behind lasting emotional, psychological, social, and economic harm. The NYPD stop-and-frisk program affects thousands of people every day in New York City and it is widely acknowledged that an overwhelming majority of those people are Black or Latino. This report shows that many are also members of a range of other communities that are experiencing devastating impact from this program, including LGBTQ/GNC people, non-citizens, homeless people, religious minorities, low-income people, residents of certain neighborhoods and youth. Residents of some New York City neighborhoods describe a police presence so pervasive and hostile that they feel like they are living in a state of siege. What these stories describe are widespread and systematic human and civil rights violations against thousands of New Yorkers on a daily basis. The NYPD and city and state governments must act immediately to put policies and legal protections in place to end these abuses. Details: New York: Center for Constituitonal Rights, 2012. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 30, 2012 at: http://ccrjustice.org/the-human-impact-report.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://ccrjustice.org/the-human-impact-report.pdf Shelf Number: 125813 Keywords: Civil Rights AbusesMinority GroupsPolice DiscretionRacial Profiling in Law EnforcementStop and FriskStop and Search (New York City) |