NYTimes: Departing Judge Offers Blunt Defense of Ruling in Stop-and-Frisk Case

NYTimes: Departing Judge Offers Blunt Defense of Ruling in Stop-and-Frisk Case by Benjamin Weiser:

“They seemed out of touch with the issues that the communities cared about,” Judge Scheindlin said. “They didn’t seem to understand the impact of these policies on real people and real neighborhoods and real communities and the detrimental impact it was having, even on policing. And that’s the point. They didn’t seem to get it. It was all about fear — New York would blow up.”