shira scheindlin

The NYPD has been working with the federal monitor this year to improve its investigations.

What does this mean for the stop and frisk reforms that Judge Scheindlin ordered? And what will happen if a mayor de Blasio orders the City to stop its appeal?

On Monday, Judge Shira Scheindlin made the landmark ruling that stop-and-frisk is unconstitutional, citing the violation of the fourth and fourteenth amendment. Today, the city plans to appeal her decision, marking the first blow in what promises to be a lengthy legal battle over the city's most prominent policing tactic.