NYC'S PERP WALK GETS STOP UGHT.(Brief Article)

Is the made-for-TV-and-photos "perp walk" a "commercial for cops" whose benefit is outweighed by its harm? The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit thinks so. In an appeal from a federal court case involving a theft suspect paraded before New York City TV cameras last year, the court held that "such a staged perp walk exacerbates the seizure of the arrestee …