Stop-and-search

Adding to the department's problems is a long-running controversy over a stop-and-search policy that includes random searches of young black men.

The high court renewed its decision to throw out evidence in a 1992 Montgomery County traffic stop-and-search case that uncovered a small amount of marijuana and a methamphetamine pill.

Both parties support ‘stop and search’ – also known as ‘sus’ laws. Under these laws, the police can stop anyone under ‘reasonable’ suspicion that they could commit a crime.

A U.S. judge has ruled the New York Police Department has violated the rights of tens of thousands of people by intentionally discriminating against racial minorities with its controversial "stop-and-search" policy.

Read literally, he simply ruled that a cop made a bad collar, a stop-and-search without "reasonable suspicion."