Governor purges database of innocents stopped and frisked by NYPD

By The Associated Press
Friday, July 16th, 2010 -- 12:08 pm

NY gov signs law removing information from stop-frisk database; NYC mayor, top cop decry move

Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Friday that eliminates a database of thousands of people stopped and frisked by New York City police without facing charges, calling the practice "not a policy for a democracy."