Stop-And-Frisk Judge Defends Conduct In Case

Ny1News

A U.S. District Court judge is defending her actions after being removed from a federal case regarding the city police department's use of stop-and-frisk.

Back in August, Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled that the department's use of stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional, and ordered the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee changes to the policy.

On Thursday, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals put a stay on the judge's decisions and had her removed from the case, saying she had violated the U.S. judges' code of conduct by giving media interviews during the trial and publicly responding to court criticism.

Scheindlin says a careful reading of the interviews will show that she did not comment specifically on the case.

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