The court found that NYC police were stopping Black and Latino people at dramatically higher rates than white people without adequate justification. Race alone cannot be a basis for stopping someone.
New York City's stop-and-frisk program was conducted in a racially discriminatory manner and violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Required reforms to NYC stop-and-frisk practices. Established that racially motivated stops violate constitutional rights.
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