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‘RACIALLY
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A federal judge ruled this week that the New York
Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy has
violated thousands of minorities’ constitutional
rights. “The city’s highest officials have turned
a blind eye to the evidence that officers are
conducting stops in a racially discriminatory
manner,” U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin
wrote. She did not put an end to the program, but
called for a monitor to oversee changes, such as
making some officers wear body cameras. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has touted stop-and-frisk as a
policy that has drastically lowered the crime rate in New York. He said he intends to appeal the ruling.
WHITEY
GOES
AWAY
Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was convicted
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Monday of 11 murders in the 1970s and ’80s and was
found guilty on money laundering, conspiracy and
illegal firearms charges. The 83-year-old disappeared
in the mid-1990s and spent 16 years on the run until
authorities found him in 2011 in Santa Monica, Calif. He
reportedly gave a thumbs up to his brother Jack while
leaving the courtroom. Bulger faces life behind bars.
5-YEAR LOW
The government reported a $97.6 billion
deficit for the month of July, setting it up
to hit its lowest annual deficit in five years.
The Congressional Budget Office predicts
the deficit will total $670 billion for this
fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Last year’s
annual deficit was $1.09 trillion. If the
government remains on track, it would be the first year since 2008 that the difference
between spending and revenue is less than $1 trillion, the AP reports.