The stop-and-frisk debate
Briefing: Bloomberg rep Michael Best. Azi Paybarah via flickr
6:00 pm Oct. 10, 20121
2012
Repealing Obamacare would cost New York millions of dollars, an advocacy group warned. [UnitedNY.org]
Obama says he was "too polite" the other night. [Frank James]
Congress
Democratic challenger Mark Murphy ties Rep. Michael Grimm to Paul Ryan. [Nick Reisman]
And Grimm tells a Democratic staffer he would "be happy to teach" him some respect. [Will Bredderman]
2013 / City Hall
Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk policy came under attack. [Henry Goldman]
The Community Safety Act bills probably won't budget, thanks to Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. [Laura Nahmias]
The fate of those bills really rest with Quinn. [NY1]
The 2004 racial profiling bill Bloomberg signed "does not appear to be worth the paper it’s written on," a former NYPD officer and John Jay College professor said. [Justin Elliott]
Headline: "Bloomberg Backs Cameron in UK" [Annmarie Fertoli]
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's spokeswoman was featured in the New York Times' Style section. [Eric Blumenthal]
Kenneth Thompson, who represented the accuser of Domnique Strauss-Kahn, formed a campaign committee. [Colin Campbell]
City Hall
Voters in Brooklyn got the wrong ballot. [Erin Durkin]
Albany
Governor Andrew Cuomo makes a 2016 joke. [Joana Molloy]
Manhattan Surrogate Court Judge Nora Anderson was fined by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct for not properly repotting a $250,000 donation her campaign received. [Daniella Silva]
Flashback: The six-figure donation ($225,000 in one shot) was, briefly, a campaign issue in Anderson's 2008 race. [NYO]
Footage of the Golden-Gounardes debate last night. [Ned Berke Colin Campbell]
“Stop and Frisk” is racial profiling plain and simple. This is illegal behavior on the part of law enforcement and is a breach of civil rights for anyone stopped, regardless of race. The actions and abuse by the NYPD are filling the definition of a “Police State.” You can read much more about cops running amuck and how they’ve violated civil liberties across the country at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-privatized-police-state.html