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> We don’t arbitrarily stop every single person to ferret them out. This is NYC we're talking about. Stop-and-Frisk was a fun game the cops played for years.
by NotANaN 8y ago
> We don’t arbitrarily stop every single person to ferret them out.
This is NYC we're talking about. Stop-and-Frisk was a fun game the cops played for years.
- User23 8y agoIt's interesting how effectively propaganda has convinced people that searching known felons for illegal weapons isn't a "common sense gun law." Edit: Case in point.
- function_seven 8y agoStop-and-frisk had little to do with felony status. It was your black-and-young-and-male status that would trigger a search.
- function_seven 8y agoOh for sure. Terry stops were (are?) massively abused in that city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-frisk_in_New_York_City https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-frisk_in_New_York_C...