New NYPD stop-and-frisk judge ripped policy before
A Manhattan federal judge who was recently appointed to the bench by President Obama was tapped on Friday to oversee the controversial cases accusing the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk as being unconstitutional.
Analisa Torres, 54, was assigned to the cases a day after an appellate court booted Judge Shira Scheindlin off them – and put her orders for NYPD reform on hold — after determining she ran “ran afoul” of judicial ethics.
Torres was appointed a federal judge by Obama in November and began the post in April. She previously served as an acting Manhattan Supreme Court judge from 2004 to 2009 before being elected to the court in 2010, overseeing criminal cases there until this year.
Torres reportedly has a history of questioning stop-and-frisk policing tactics at the city’s public housing projects.
She barred the admission of 29 bags of cocaine that the police seized in the lobby of the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side because she felt the method used by cops to obtain them exploited NYCHA rules barring people from being in city housing projects unless they live there or are visiting someone The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday found Scheindlin violated the Code of Conduct for United States Judges by failing to “avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities” and by failing to disqualify herself “in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
The panel also granted the city a stay to delay the implementation of Scheindlin’s August ruling — which found stop and frisk to be unconstitutional, called for a federal monitor for the NYPD and for cops to wear body cameras on patrol as part of a pilot program.
The city is currently appealing the ruling.
Torres did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Analisa Torres, 54, was assigned to the cases a day after an appellate court booted Judge Shira Scheindlin off them – and put her orders for NYPD reform on hold — after determining she ran “ran afoul” of judicial ethics.
Torres was appointed a federal judge by Obama in November and began the post in April. She previously served as an acting Manhattan Supreme Court judge from 2004 to 2009 before being elected to the court in 2010, overseeing criminal cases there until this year.
Torres reportedly has a history of questioning stop-and-frisk policing tactics at the city’s public housing projects.
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Shira Scheindlin Leaving her home this morning at 124 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY.Shira Scheindlin Leaving her home this morning at 124 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY.In 2010, the New York Times reported that Torres ripped the NYPD for allegedly going around New York City Housing Authority rules to perform hundreds of stop and frisks.
Shira Scheindlin Leaving her home this morning at 124 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY. (Photo: David McGlynn)
She barred the admission of 29 bags of cocaine that the police seized in the lobby of the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side because she felt the method used by cops to obtain them exploited NYCHA rules barring people from being in city housing projects unless they live there or are visiting someone The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday found Scheindlin violated the Code of Conduct for United States Judges by failing to “avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities” and by failing to disqualify herself “in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
The panel also granted the city a stay to delay the implementation of Scheindlin’s August ruling — which found stop and frisk to be unconstitutional, called for a federal monitor for the NYPD and for cops to wear body cameras on patrol as part of a pilot program.
The city is currently appealing the ruling.
Torres did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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