Stop-and-Frisk Trial Resumes in NYC

The second week of a federal lawsuit against the New York Police Department's controversial stop, question and frisk policy is set to begin Wednesday, March 27, with testimony from some notable witnesses. 

State Sen. Eric Adams, a retired NYPD captain, will testify during the class action suit, Floyd v. City of New York, which accuses the NYPD of violating hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers' constitutional rights on an extensive, systemic basis. 

Adams has been an outspoken critic of some of the NYPD's practices, including stop-and-frisk. In 2000, the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights concluded the policy constituted as racial profiling, and Adams supported calling for a federal investigation into the practice.  

Also testifying Wedesday are Officers Brian Dennis and Jonathan Korabel, officers who stopped 13-year-old Devin Almonor, the first plaintiff to testify last week.

Sergeant Flavio Rodriguez, who investigated plaintiff Deon Dennis’s civilian complaint about his January 2008 stop, is also scheduled to testify, but his testimony may be moved to Thursday.

The trial will take place at the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. 

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