Latino Officers Association, New York, Inc. v. The City Of New York’s Empirical Analysis

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3 district ·

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1. “[Defendants’ interest in controlling the use of the NYPD uniform does not support the specific restriction at issue here — namely, the prohibition on plaintiffs’ marching in uniform behind their organizational banner in an ethnic pride parade when similarly situated organizations are allowed to march in such a manner. Whether or not defendants could constitutionally prohibit all fraternal organizations from marching in uniform — an issue we need not, and do not, decide — the fact of the matter is that the NYPD already permits at least 25 such organizations to march in uniform. Having allowed these organizations to use the NYPD uniform in such a manner over many decades, the NYPD cannot now deny plaintiffs the same privilege without demonstrating that their use of the uniform is both distinguishable from that of the various authorized organizations and “so threatening to the efficiency of the [NYPD] as to render the [restriction] a reasonable response to the threat.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 510 F. Supp. 2d 1271 - Local 491, International Brotherhood of Police Officers v. Gwinnett County

2. “the government may regulate its own expression in ways that would be unconstitutional were a private party the speaker”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Julie Wells