In a follow-up “letter to the editor” on December 19, 2011, Lazar Treschan, the Director of Youth Policy at the Community Service Society of New York pointed out that their “analysis of 2009 stop-and-frisk data for the New York police shows that 94 percent of stops in 2009 did not lead to an arrest. The analysis also showed that there were 132,000 stops of black men 16 to 24. This is particularly striking since according to Census Bureau data that we examined, only 120,000 black men of that age lived in New York City in 2009. So on average, every young black man can be expected to be stopped and frisked by the police each year.”

Although it is very important for our city’s police officers to patrol the streets and keep the city safe, the alarming rate at which police officers are stopping, frisking, and arresting its citizens based upon their racial profile is not only bad for our city, but it is a violation of civil rights. At the Law Office of Richard M. Kenny, we seek justice for those who have been subjected to unlawful arrests and victimized by racial profiling. If you feel that you have been unlawfully arrested, please contact our office today at 212-421-0300, so that we may help you get the justice that you deserve.