Stop and Frisk

NYPD Unions Can't Challenge Stop-and-Frisk Settlement

The unions argue that the ruling had hurt police officers' reputations and that the proposed reforms could impede their ability to do their jobs.

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New York's police unions cannot challenge a sweeping settlement over the city's controversial stop-and-frisk police tactic, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday, clearing the way for reforms to take effect.

U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in New York denied the unions' request to intervene in two stop-and-frisk class action lawsuits, saying they lacked standing to pursue an appeal that Mayor Bill de Blasio has already decided to abandon.