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Wise writes: "The removal order was a crushing blow to Scheindlin's professional standing and sent a chilling message to other judges: tread carefully when handling cases that challenge government action."

Nearly 90% of the 4.4 million people police stopped in New York City for questioning between 2004 and 2012 had done nothing wrong. (photo: New American Media)
Nearly 90% of the 4.4 million people police stopped in New York City for questioning between 2004 and 2012 had done nothing wrong. (photo: New American Media)


Removing the Judge Who Ruled 'Stop and Frisk' Unconstitutional Is a Blow to Justice

By Dan Wise, The Nation

12 January 14

 

An appeals court's unprecedented removal of Shira Scheindlin has sent a chilling message to other federal judges.

hree days before he was sworn in as New York City’s 109th mayor, Bill de Blasio announced he would drop the city’s appeal of Judge Shira Scheindlin’s ruling finding the NYPD’s aggressive stop-and-frisk tactics unconstitutional.

That was good news for New Yorkers. Nearly 90 percent of the 4.4 million people the police stopped for questioning between 2004 and 2012 had done nothing wrong, according to evidence presented at a nonjury trial Scheindlin conducted last spring.

But the announcement leaves in limbo a devastating ruling by a federal appeals court panel, which removed Scheindlin as the judge presiding over challenges to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policing since 1999. The removal order was a crushing blow to Scheindlin’s professional standing and sent a chilling message to other judges: tread carefully when handling cases that challenge government action.

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