Newark police to revamp stop-and-frisk in civil rights accord

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Police in Newark, New Jersey, will institute sweeping reforms to resolve allegations of widespread civil-rights violations under the supervision of a federal monitor, U.S. and city officials announced on Wednesday.

The changes will settle allegations by the U.S. Justice Department that the police department in New Jersey's largest city engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional practices that targeted black residents for unwarranted street stops, used excessive force and stole residents' property.

"Far too many police reports have failed to describe a constitutionally adequate reason for stops of people on the street," Paul Fishman, the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, told reporters.

The reforms were part of a 74-page consent decree that requires approval from a federal judge.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-doj-idUSKCN0WW17M

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World | Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:09pm EDT
NEWARK, N.J. | BY JOSEPH AX

[duplex]

1. Good

The residents of Newark suffer enough from just having to live in a Beirut like environment; getting harassed by the police for being poor should not be one of their burdens.

[Taitertots]

2. Officers stole property, abused people, and targeted black residents...

When are they going to fire and imprison every officer in Newark?

[AngryAmish]

3. Crime more or less doubled in Chicago since the and of stop and frisk.

Doesn't bother me, I live in a nice part if town.