To the NYPD and all those who sided with the NYPD to support Stop-n-Frisk: all Judge Scheindlin is saying is that age bracket, sex, and skin color are NOT a substitute for "reasonable suspicion" or "just cause", which are legal terms that have definitions. She found that it even violated Terry v. Ohio, which invented the term "reasonable suspicion" in the first place. To those religious conservatives who complain that "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution: neither is "reasonable suspicion". But non-whites still had to live with the NYPD literally stretching it to mean "anyone we feel like searching, so go fuck yourself".
Thank you, Your Honor, for reminding us that the Fourth Amendment applies to non-whites too. I know it's hard for these lock-em-up types to understand, but non-whites (specifically blacks and latinos) don't have to put up with being treated like criminals in order to walk on the street.
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