Well boys and girls, a few more shootings and a stabbing or two. Have you had enough yet? Stop-and-frisk doesn’t seem all that bad when you consider it might have saved the lives of a few more people.

For years, lawyers and advocates fought the use of “stop and frisk,” a policing tactic that left a majority of Black and brown men who experienced it physically and mentally scarred and distrustful of ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Below, we explain what stop-and-frisk is and how it has been ...

In August, community advocates stood alongside two teenage students in the Bronx who said they were unfairly stopped by police officers. Alongside advocates and their families, the teens, who are ...

WHYY News was awarded a national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) today. The awards honor “outstanding achievements” in multimedia journalism and are ...

One decade ago this summer, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s abusive stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. Three mayors and six police commissioners later, the ...

File photo: A police car drives through the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a ...

If you’ve been following the mayoral and city council elections in Philadelphia, you know that one of the biggest issues facing candidates is how to deal with the rise in gun violence over the past ...

A new stop-and-frisk policy being considered by Pittsburgh City Council would require police to document why they are stopping and searching a pedestrian before they do so. Officers would need to use ...

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