NYPD union sues over law easing profiling suits
The city’s biggest police union asked a court Tuesday to nix a law that would make it easier for people to bring racial profiling lawsuits, saying it would cast a cloud of doubt over officers’ conduct.
The measure is too vague, “leaves officers to guess” what’s allowed and threatens to taint the entire New York Police Department with a brush of discrimination, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association said in a lawsuit filed against the City Council.
“(The law) directly threatens the lives and safety of police officers because it chills their willingness to undertake law enforcement action necessary to protect their safety,” including stop and frisk, the lawsuit adds.