floyd v. city of new york

The study was led by the federal monitor overseeing the NYPD’s court-appointed stop and frisk reforms.

"The NYPD has engaged in a widespread practice of racially discriminatory law enforcement, analogous and in fact identical to the racially discriminatory practice of stop and frisk."

Judge Shira Scheindlin has created an "Academic Advisory Council" made up of a dozen professors to assist in the institution of the changes.