The Why: Philly Explained
The Why: Philly Explained
WHYY
A decade after lawsuit, Philly is still stopping and frisking
15 minutes Posted Dec 8, 2020 at 8:30 pm.
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We look back on the 10th anniversary of the Philadelphia lawsuit that released decade’s worth of data showing the racial disparities of stop-and-frisk. What have we learned from this lawsuit? And why is it important that we keep tracking this data? Longtime civil rights attorney David Rudovsky, who brought the suit a decade ago, says progress has been slow, but that he has some hope for improvement.