NEW YORK (AP) — The police practice known as stop and frisk has been part of the New York Police Department's crime-fighting strategy since the early 1990s, but the number of stops shot up in the last decade. The vast majority of those stopped have been black or Hispanic. A look at the numbers:
2002
Number of stops: 97,296
2003
Number of stops: 160,851
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 31 percent Hispanic.
2004
Number of stops: 313,523
Demographics: 55 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2005
Number of stops: 398,191
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2006
Number of stops: 506,491
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 29 percent Hispanic.
2007
Number of stops: 472,096
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 31 percent Hispanic.
2008
Number of stops: 540,302
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2009
Number of stops: 581,168
Demographics: 55 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
2010
Number of stops: 601,285
Demographics: 54 percent of those stopped were black, 33 percent Hispanic.
2011
Number of stops: 685,724
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 34 percent Hispanic.
2012 (first six months)
Number of stops as of June 30: 337,434
Demographics: 53 percent of those stopped were black, 32 percent Hispanic.
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Source: New York Police Department and New York Civil Liberties Union
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