Outgoing NYPD Commissioner William Bratton got high marks Tuesday from his law enforcement colleagues, but mixed reviews from civil liberties and civil rights activists.

“Commissioner Bratton leaves behind a complicated legacy,” the Center for Constitutional Rights said in a statement.

“While he started the NYPD down the road to curbing its worst stop-and-frisk excesses and abuse, he is also the architect of broken windows policing, which has caused similar harms to many of the same communities,” the center said. ...

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