Via LA Times:
Following a long-fought legal battle over the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that the city has reached an agreement with civil rights attorneys that will bring about major reforms of the policy.
Under the agreement, a court-appointed monitor will oversee for three years the NYPD‘s reform efforts aimed at ending discrimination, de Blasio said at a press conference. Groups that have been affected by the policy will have input in the reform process.
Once the agreement has been confirmed by the court, the city will immediately move to withdraw its appeal launched by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Mayor de Blasio, the first Democrat elected mayor in New York since 1989, made reforming the stop-and-frisk policy a cornerstone of his campaign.
“This is a defining moment in our history,” de Blasio said. “It’s a defining moment for millions of our families, especially those with young men of color. And it will lay the foundation for not only keeping us the safest big city in America, but making us safer still. This will be one city, where everyone’s rights are respected, and where police and community stand together to confront violence.”