NYPD Officer Says At Stop-And-Frisk Trial That He Taunted Crying Boy, 13, After Detaining Him

[Purveyor]

NEW YORK (AP) -- A police officer testified Wednesday that he taunted an innocent 13-year-old boy after he detained the teen under the New York Police Department's disputed program of stopping, questioning and frisking people on city streets.

Called as a witness in a civil rights case in federal court in Manhattan, Officer Brian Dennis conceded that he had told a handcuffed Devin Almonor to stop "crying like a little girl."

Asked on cross-examination if he thought the comment was appropriate, Dennis responded, "Looking back, no."

The Center for Constitutional Rights brought the lawsuit on behalf of four black plaintiffs who claim they were stopped by police because of their race. The center alleges that many of the 5 million stops in the past decade, mostly of black and Hispanic men, were made without cause.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. NYPD needs to stop targeting black and Hispanic men.

It violates their Constitutional Rights.

[Tempest]

2. 83% of the stops, only 13% of the arrests

And yet people will try to tell you the policy isn't racist.

[In_The_Wind]

4. As a white woman living in New York State, I see it every time I go into town.

[Logical]

17. This is why I am shocked the ACLU cannot stop it. Their reasonable suspection radar sucks!n-t

[TheKentuckian]

12. They need to cease the entire practice and go get a fucking warrant if they have reason to search.

Balancing the racial identity of the citizens they are bothering isn't a fix or even acceptable.

[In_The_Wind]

13. I totally agree with what you have said here.

[quinnox]

3. as they say, a hidden crime of walking down the street while black

police stop minorities all the time, and leave whites alone, or if they do stop them, they get treated a lot differently than the blacks do. I have first hand experience in this, being stopped by the police as a white guy.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

15. There is another "evil" crime that they don't care what your race or sex is.

Walking while homeless.

I swear, if they see you, even if you are a half a block from a shelter to get a bed for the night, they will stop you and make it where you are to late. Then they work even harder to find a way to give you a ticket for whatever they can come up with.


When you are homeless, you are a walking, talking red cape to a bull!

[X_Digger]

5. nyclu has a great page with stats..

Go ahead, tell me it's not blatantly racist bullshit.

Funny how our resident bloomie defender never seems to participate in these threads..

http://www.nyclu.org/content/stop-and-frisk-data

In 2005, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 398,191 times.
352,348 were totally innocent (89 percent).
196,570 were black (54 percent).
115,088 were Latino (32 percent).
40,713 were white (11 percent).
189,854 were aged 14-24 (51 percent).

In 2006, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 506,491 times.
457,163 were totally innocent (90 percent).
267,468 were black (53 percent).
147,862 were Latino (29 percent).
53,500 were white (11 percent).
247,691 were aged 14-24 (50 percent).

In 2007, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 472,096 times.
410,936 were totally innocent (87 percent).
243,766 were black (54 percent).
141,868 were Latino (31 percent).
52,887 were white (12 percent).
223,783 were aged 14-24 (48 percent).

In 2008, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 540,302 times.
474,387 were totally innocent (88 percent).
275,588 were black (53 percent).
168,475 were Latino (32 percent).
57,650 were white (11 percent).
263,408 were aged 14-24 (49 percent).

In 2009, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 581,168 times.
510,742 were totally innocent (88 percent).
310,611 were black (55 percent).
180,055 were Latino (32 percent).
53,601 were white (10 percent).
289,602 were aged 14-24 (50 percent).

In 2010, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 601,285 times.
518,849 were totally innocent (86 percent).
315,083 were black (54 percent).
189,326 were Latino (33 percent).
54,810 were white (9 percent).
295,902 were aged 14-24 (49 percent).

In 2011, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 685,724 times.
605,328 were totally innocent (88 percent).
350,743 were black (53 percent).
223,740 were Latino (34 percent).
61,805 were white (9 percent).
341,581 were aged 14-24 (51 percent).

In 2012, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 533,042 times
473,300 were totally innocent (89 percent).
286,684 were black (55 percent).
166,212 were Latino (32 percent).
50,615 were white (10 percent).

[Purveyor]

8. Thanks for posting this stats. Disturbing, indeed. eom

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Who has oversight over the NYPD? Nobody?

That department is way too big for its britches. This is only one of the myriad abuses it is constantly committing. Who will guard us from the guardians?

[premium]

7. How can anyone support this racist policy?

And yet there are a couple here, not in this thread, that do support it.
I just don't get it.

[X_Digger]

9. kick n/t

[RainDog]

10. k&r n/t

[RedCappedBandit]

11. Happens countless times, daily.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. "I'm a kid. I'm going home. Leave me alone,"

This racist crap must stop

[Logical]

16. Cops are Soooooo tough with their gun and badge. Assholes. n-t