The New York City Police Department has long held a reputation for profiling against Black and Brown people through unlawful stop and frisk procedures, a practice that peaked during Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration.
But these unlawful practices declined in 2014 with the election of Mayor Bill de Blasio as well as lawsuits that determined it was unconstitutional to stop minorities on the street and frisk them without reasonable suspicion they are involved in a crime.
However, under the leadership of the city’s second Black mayor, Eric Adams, a former NYPD cop who took over in 2022, the practice of profiling minorities shot up instead…