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  • Palm Card: What to Do If You're Stopped by the Police (2004)

    • The NYPD’s February release of their 2006 stop-and-frisk data confirmed what many in communities of color across New York City have long known: The police are stopping more and more people on New York’s streets every year.

    According to the data, in 2006:

    • The NYPD stopped, questioned and/or frisked more than 508,540 people, an increase from just 97,296 in 2002.
    • 86.4 percent of those stopped were black or Latino.
    • Only 10 percent of 2006 stops led to summonses or arrests. The overwhelming majority of New Yorkers questioned and frisked by the NYPD were engaged in no criminal wrongdoing.

    Between January 1, 2006 and September 30, 2007:

  • Stops of whites, who number about 3.6 million according to recent census estimates, amounted to only 2.6 percent of the white population. By contrast, stops of blacks, who number about 2.2 million people, represented 21.1 percent of the entire black population.
  • As compared to a 1999 study by then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, which reported that police stopped nine people for each arrest they made, the most recent figures show that about twice as many people now are being stopped for each arrest.
  • 21.5 blacks are stopped for each arrest as opposed to only 18.2 whites stopped for each arrest

    • The NYPD stop-and-frisk data raises serious concerns over racial profiling, illegal stops and privacy rights.

    On this page you will find helpful resources on the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices, their implications for all New Yorkers and how you can take action.

     

    New York Times op-chart ... New York Times op-chart:
    On Nov. 9, 2007, the NYPD quietly released its latest figures about the number and race of New Yorkers whom police officers stopped and frisked, giving the public access to data from January 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007. An analysis of these figures shows that racial profiling continues in the city, and that blacks are bearing the overwhelming brunt of police stops.
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