National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights v. City of New York

*92 OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiffs are suing defendants for the alleged unconstitutional practices of the Street Crime Unit (“SCU”) of engaging in suspi-cionless stops and frisks of minorities, particularly young black and Hispanic men. Defendants now move under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for a protective order shielding certain documents from discovery on the ground that they are protected from disclosure under the deliberative process and/or law enforcement privilege. In particular, defendants seek to withhold the documents…