NYPD officer to plead guilty in stop-and-frisk case

NEW YORK

/*Michael Daragjati*/, 32, is expected to enter the plea in federal court in Downtown /*Brooklyn*/ Tuesday morning.

Daragjati, who is white, was charged with arresting a 31-year-old black man who objected to being stopped and frisked on Targee Street last April.

He claimed in a police report that the man flailed his arms and kicked his legs during the arrest, causing him to be detained for about 36 hours before being released.

The next day, Daragjati allegedly used a racial slur in describing the suspect in a conversation with a female friend.

Daragjati was also charged in connection with two other incidents.

The case highlighted civil rights advocates' concerns about the /*NYPD*/'s stop-and-frisk policy, which they say disproportionately singles out blacks and Latinos.

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