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In a move straight from the Stupidest Criminals In The World files, Brooklyn rapper, Matthew Best, 26, stage name Neno Best, took to Instagram and posted pictures of guns and cash, leading the NYPD to make the largest gun bust in New York City history, reports the NY Daily News. Best was bragging about selling […]

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Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain Miami teenager Trayvon Martin, heavily critiqued New York’s controversial Stop-and-Frisk laws in a Sunday appearance on Meet the Press. Trayvon was 17-years-old on the night of February 26, 2012 when he was gunned down by former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, who said that the Black teen looked “suspicious” walking in […]

What comes to mind when you visualize the typical Stop & Frisk recipient? A young Black male standing on the corner? A Hispanic youth? Someone who resides in New York City Housing Authority housing? Perhaps they’re wearing Timbaland boots and baggy jeans? What about if they are transgender? You read the last part correctly. All […]

During the ongoing “stop and frisk” trial in Manhattan’s federal court, a state senator said today that NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly implemented the program to “instill fear” in the minds of the city’s Black and Latino populations. RELATED: NYPD Cop: I’m Labeled A Rat Because I Spoke Out Against ‘Stop And Frisk’ Current and former […]

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An NYPD officer gave a powerful assist to a class-action lawsuit against stop and frisk Thursday, according to a New York Daily News article. RELATED: NYPD Cop: I’m Labeled A Rat Because I Spoke Out Against ‘Stop And Frisk’ Officer Pedro Serrano (pictured), who also testified in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday, secretly recorded deputy inspector […]

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While Bronx resident Nicholas Peart (pictured left) testified at Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday, he broke down in tears as he recounted his experience with the city’s maligned stop-and-frisk policy, according to the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO: Michigan Grandma Found Guilty For Shooting Grandson During Argument “I felt criminalized,” Peart, who is Black, said. […]

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Brooklyn resident Jurard St. Hillaire recently won a $14,000 settlement from his city, after surveillance video proved he was illegally stopped and frisked last June, according to the New York Daily News. RELATED: Busted! Video Possibly Captures Illegal ‘Stop-And-Frisk’ Of Man Recording Police Stop In the video, Officer Leonard Clarke is seen roughly forcing Hillaire […]

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It’s nothing new to hear Black and Latino males complain about “Stop and Frisk,” New York City’s controversial policing policy. But this time, 21-year-old Jurard St. Hillaire says he has proof the cops stopped him unlawfully and is arguing his case in Brooklyn Federal Court, the New York Daily News reports. Last June, St. Hillaire […]

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NYPD Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly revealed plans for his department Wednesday to test a high-tech device that could cut down on the number of “Stop And Frisks” in the city. RELATED: “Stop And Frisk” Isn’t Solving Crime. It’s Part Of The Problem The Terahertz Imaging Detection machine (pictured) reads terahertz, radioactive energy that people and […]

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Natasha Christopher says that had the man who shot her son in the head been Stop and Frisked, her son, Akeal (pictured), would be alive today, the New York Post reports. SEE ALSO: Zimmerman On Night He Killed Trayvon: I Feel As Though It Was All In Good’s Plan Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? […]

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Politically-minded rapper Jasiri X has teamed with NewsOne’s own Elon James White to create a new music video that gives young people of color the “#10 Frisk Commandments,” advice to live by in the current era of “stop & frisk.” Says White: I often joke about how my knowledge of what to do when I’m […]

Tray Franklin (pictured), a 20-year-old college student with a promising future in boxing was gunned down in Brownsville, Brooklyn and his coach says ‘Stop and Frisk‘ could have possibly saved him, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Polls Put Romney Back In His Place Franklin was playing dice with two of friends last […]