In another slap at the Bloomberg administration’s fight against her restrictions on the use of stop-and-frisk by cops a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday shot down City Hall’s bid for a stay pending its appeal.
Judge Shira Scheindlin had previously ruled that a court-ordered independent monitor must oversee the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk.
The mayor had wanted Scheindlin’s ruling put on hold while the decision is appealed.
Scheindlin said the public will suffer if police are allowed to practice stop-and-frisk without a monitor. She also ruled that cops in at least one precinct should wear mini-cameras to document officers’ stops.
“It is well-established that a violation of one’s constitutional rights constitutes irreparable harm,” the judge ruled.
“A stay of this court’s orders would encourage the NYPD to return to its former practice of conducting thousands of upon thousands of improper stops.”
In Tuesday’s order, Scheindlin reiterated that her initial ruling doesn’t end stop-and-frisk. She claimed that her order only brings the practice under closer inspection.
“The court’s orders simply require that the NYPD conform its policies and practices to well-established constitutional requirements,” she wrote.