NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Challenge Heads to Federal Court

Darius Charney of the Center for Constitutional Rights says the policy is legal, but the department is doing stops illegally. He says changes must be ordered by a federal judge to ensure the department stops wrongly targeting black and Hispanic men.

The civil case began Monday. Charney says say the trial will include stories from a dozen black and Hispanic men who say they were targeted because of their race. Police officers and criminologists are also scheduled to testify.

The suit seeks a court-appointed monitor to oversee changes to how the police make stops.