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Some of the reduction on crime may have come at the cost of racially biased stop and frisk. This data shows 9 out of 10 people stopped were innocent. It also h
by stx 6y ago
Some of the reduction on crime may have come at the cost of racially biased stop and frisk.
This data shows 9 out of 10 people stopped were innocent. It also heavily showed that black and latino people were stopped much more frequently.
https://www.nyclu.org/en/Stop-and-Frisk-data https://www.nyclu.org/en/Stop-and-Frisk-data
I am glad that stop and frisk was ruled unconstitutional.
https://civilrights.org/edfund/resource/nypds-infamous-stop-and-frisk-policy-found-unconstitutional/ https://civilrights.org/edfund/resource/nypds-infamous-stop-...
- wang_li 6y agoHow stop and frisk was used in the Guiliani era was a lot different than the Bloomberg era. The practice went to court early on and was found constitutional. During Bloomberg’s stint it was expanded dramatically and that’s when it went back to court and was declared unlawful.