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A Message to the Universe
[Is there anybody out there]!!
Will you receive this message??
NYC "stop and frisk law" ruled unconstitutional as applied to minorities, August 12, 2013. News Hour PBS.org
New York City, August 12, 2013, a federal district judge ruled its "stop and frisk law", as applied to minorities [i.e. mostly blacks and Latinos] were in violation of their 4th Amendment rights by being stopped and searched [persons] without warrants; and were racial profiling. Thus racially discriminatory of 1000s of people's rights since started a decade ago.
The court appointed a monitor to oversee remedial measures to bring the law within constitutional standards.
As everything old is new. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his police chief Kelly manifested outraged righteousness so reminiscent of the 1960s Birmingham [aka Bombingham], AL, police commissioner Bull Connors. Mayor Bloomberg vowed to appeal.
On August 13, 2013, the News Hour PBS.org interviewed two of the case plaintiffs, one David Ovrlight. Naturally they are ecstatic to have their rights vindicated.
I project that because judge wisely used the "as applied standard"; but - however, did not overturn the whole law itself, he cannot win on appeal.
By: Leon Irby
Dated August, 2013
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