Donna Lieberman
Bill Thompson: Ray Kelly's 'done an excellent job'
When asked if he'd "get rid of Ray Kelly," Thompson replied, "It's not about Ray Kelly. I think he's done an excellent job and I happen to personally like the commissioner." More
A stop-and-frisk proponent thinks Scheindlin's ruling against it is big
Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute who has written about police policy said Scheindlin's ruling was "very worrisome" and may indicate how the judge "is going to rule in the remaining cases before her." More
Critics on stop-and-frisk decrease: We'll see
Stop-and-frisks are down, Dave Seifman reported today, and critics of the practice don't much care. More
San Francisco mayor considers Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk policy, and New Yorkers react
San Francisco's mayor Ed Lee recently said that he's considering adopting a stop-and-frisk strategy similar to one employed by the New York Police Department under Ray Kelly. More
Civil libertarians introduce a stop-and-frisk app
A "Stop and Frisk Watch" app released by the New York Civil Liberties Union is meant to let people "passively" observe the NYPD, said NYCLU executive director Donna Lieberman. More
Stringer, asked for an alternative to stop-and-frisk, answers
Martin Luther King III, the son of the slain civil rights leader, joined Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and several City Council members at a press conference outside City Hall denouncing the NYPD's stop-and-frisk tactic, which they say unfairly targets minorities.
Faced with this contention in the past, police commissioner Ray Kelly has challenged critics to come up with an alternative means of keeping rates of violent crime in the city as low as they have been. More
