Earlier this week, a police officer was charged with falsely arresting a black man on Staten Island after a stop-and-frisk, leading officials to rally Wednesday against the NYPD's policy and Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support of it. NY1’s Dean Meminger filed the following report.

This week's arrest of Officer Michael Daragjati had a lot of black and Hispanic New Yorkers saying “I told you so.”

Federal prosecutors charge Daragjati with falsely arresting a black man on Staten Island after a stop-and-frisk. He allegedly used a racial slur in a phone conversation that was wiretapped.

The case has city leaders at odds over whether abuses of stop-and-frisk are few and far between or widespread.

"If there is one guy that’s a disgrace, we will take care of that," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"This is more than one apple. How many bad apples does it take to make a bushel?" said City Councilman Jumaane Williams.

With this recent case, some leaders are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy, but the mayor said that's not necessary.

"You can get tired of everybody finding something wrong with everything," said Bloomberg. "We’ve got to help the police department keep the city safe, rather than just say oh, well, I don’t like the look that guy gave me or whatever the minor complaint is."

The federal complaint says Officer Daragjati violated the civil rights of the man he arrested. The complaint also says the officer lied by saying the man had resisted arrest. He wound up behind bars for more than a day.

According to NYPD records, more than 360,000 people were stopped and frisked by officers during the first six months of this year.

Eighty-four percent of them were black or Latino. Nearly 90 percent of all people stopped were let go without being arrested or ticketed.

"That’s one of the techniques they use to bring down crime. We go to every effort possible to make sure we comply with all the laws," said Bloomberg.

Not everyone is satisfied with these efforts.

"Mayor Bloomberg is showing no leadership on this issue. The commissioner is showing no leadership on this issue," said Williams.

"We must demand reform. It cannot just be the African-American and Hispanic brothers and sisters in this city who will join with us,” said Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. “People who look like me must join as a real coalition."

In 2000, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission said racial profiling did play a role in stop-and-frisk procedures.