New York City Police ‘Stop and Frisk’ More People Than Ever

New York City police officers stopped and questioned more than 200,000 people in the just the first three months of 2012, setting up a record pace for much criticized tactic. The “Stop, Question, Frisk” policy has been a major initiative for the NYPD, which credits the tactic as a key contributor to a years-long drop in street crimes. However, numerous studies have shown that the stops overwhelmingly target black and Latino males. A recent study by the ALCU released last week showed that were 168,000 stops of young black men last year, which exceeds the actual population of young black men living in the city. 

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    That would make too much sense, but of course NYPD will spin it to say crime is down due to this policy

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    And the photo accompanied with the article rarely happens. I’m not 100% against this initiative (I still question if it...

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