NEW YORK — Mike Bloomberg’s tortured history with “stop-and-frisk” policing is shaping up to be a hurdle as he flirts with a potential presidential run as a Democrat. While often touted as ...

Stop-and-frisk gave police wide authority to detain people they suspected of committing a crime, and Bloomberg aggressively pursued the tactic when he first took over as mayor in 2002.

One of the biggest stories in America's biggest city this year has been the public debate about the NYPD's "stop-and-frisk" tactic.The general idea is that officers can stop someone if there's a ...

Stop-and-frisk was not Bloomberg's idea. The tactic — in which officers stop and pat down any person "reasonably" suspected of being involved in a crime — has been used by New York police ...

Bloomberg, along with his police commissioner, Ray Kelly, massively expanded stop and frisk: In 2002, there were more than 97,000 reported stops. By 2011, that grew to nearly 686,000 .

Then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves a press conference after discussing the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practice on Aug. 12, 2013 in New York City.

NYPD Tactics Raise Concern of Return to ‘Stop and Frisk’ A 61% jump in pedestrian stops in 2022 has advocates worried that the police department is reviving a controversial tactic. Facebook ...

Michael Bloomberg is heard defending his controversial stop and frisk policing policy in stark terms in audio that was posted on Twitter Monday, with the former New York mayor describing the ...

Ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run, former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York on Sunday reversed his longstanding support of the aggressive “stop-and-frisk” policing strategy ...

In New York, stop and frisk grew from 97,296 stops in 2002 to 685,724 in 2011. Skip to content. ... Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, ...

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has finally apologized for stop-and-frisk — just as he prepares to run for President in the Democratic primaries. Speaking at the Christian Cultural Center, Christian ...

I clerked for the federal judge who ultimately found stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, and Bloomberg excoriated the ruling. There's no doubt in my mind his apology is insincere.