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Feds Oppose NYPD Over Stop and Frisk

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DOJ backs the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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The Obama Administration is taking a side in the controversial NYPD stop-and-frisk trial. The Justice Department notified city officials on Wednesday that it is preparing a brief that will back the plaintiffs from the Center for Constitutional Rights, who argue that city police officers are stopping people based on their...

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