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What violations? Stop and Frisk was found to be Constitutional.
It was also about following through on prosecutions for petty crimes.
NYPD's Tactic Was Unconstitutional
Although a stop-and-frisk can be legal, Judge Scheindlin found that the way NYPD officers conducted them "demonstrated widespread disregard for the Fourth Amendment" as well as equal protection of the law, reports The New York Times.The NYPD violated many residents' Fourth Amendment rights by either performing a stop-and-frisk without reasonable suspicion or exceeding the limits of their brief frisks without having additional probable cause to search.

What Is Stop-and-Frisk? Is It Ever Legal? - FindLaw
The stop-and-frisk tactics of the NYPD were halted Monday by a federal judge's ruling that the practice violated the constitutional rights of those who were targeted, mainly minorities. Calling the New York Police Department's practice a "policy of indirect racial profiling," Judge Shira A...
