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"Taaleem" means education in Urdu. The education we are exposed to can often be limited. Taaleem: For the People is here to do its part to correct that. We offer education and resources on international politics, foreign policy, and other facets of news and education that challenge the status quo. We want to encourage a world in which information is freely available and accessible, as well as truthful so that we can all be informed when lied to by the mainstream media. The creator of this blog is a Pakistani-American Muslim woman living in Washington, DC and trying to figure out this complicated world, one conversation at a time.

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August 12, 2013

"In conclusion, I find that the City is liable for violating plaintiffs’ Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The City acted with deliberate indifference toward the NYPD’s practice of making unconstitutional stops and conducting unconstitutional frisks. Even if the City had not been deliberately indifferent, the NYPD’s unconstitutional practices were sufficiently widespread as to have the force of law. In addition, the City adopted a policy of indirect racial profiling by targeting racially defined groups for stops based on local crime suspect data. This has resulted in the disproportionate and discriminatory stopping of blacks and Hispanics in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Both statistical and anecdotal evidence showed that minorities are indeed treated differently than whites. For example, once a stop is made, blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be subjected to the use of force than whites, despite the fact that whites are more likely to be found with weapons or contraband. I also conclude that the City’s highest officials have turned a blind eye to the evidence that officers are conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner. In their zeal to defend a policy that they believe to be effective, they have willfully ignored overwhelming proof that the policy of targeting “the right people” is racially discriminatory and therefore violates the United States Constitution. One NYPD official has even suggested that it is permissible to stop racially defined groups just to instill fear in them that they are subject to being stopped at any time for any reason — in the hope that this fear will deter them from carrying guns in the streets. The goal of deterring crime is laudable, but this method of doing so is unconstitutional."

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A District Court judge has ruled this morning that the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy is unconstitutional — violating the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of those they target. (via thepoliticalnotebook)

that only took how many years with an 86% black and latino stop rate tho

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