Federal trial testing NYPD 's ` ` stop - and - go '' policy in closing arguments . During their closing statements , the plaintiffs ' attorneys argued that `` the NYPD believes that race is a proxy for reasonable suspicion . '' Plaintiffs say the policy focuses disproportionately on black and Latino men . The defense says the policy helps to deter crime and is not racially biased . The federal district judge says her decision will be ` ` prompt ''
Federal trial testing NYPD 's ` ` stop - and - go '' policy in closing arguments . Plaintiffs say the policy focuses disproportionately on black and Latino men . The defense says the policy helps to deter crime and is not racially biased . The federal district judge says her decision will be ` ` prompt ''