Lawsuit alleges NYPD violated civil rights by entering private buildings
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March 30, 2012
Suit filed on behalf of 13 black and Latino New Yorkers says stop-and-frisk extension program has left them living in fear.
The NYPD has been under harsh criticism in the Bronx after the shooting death of teenager Ramarley Graham, who was killed by police in his grandmother's bathroom after officers entered without a warrant. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
The New York City police department is facing a federal class action lawsuit over the expansion of its controversial stop-and-frisk program into residential buildings largely populated by African Americans and Latinos.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/28/nypd-lawsuit-civil-rights-bronx
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