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> NYPD increased stop and frisk from 100,000 stops to nearly 700,000 stops per year. 90% of those impacted were people of color — overwhelmingly black and brown
by yardie 5y ago
> NYPD increased stop and frisk from 100,000 stops to nearly 700,000 stops per year. 90% of those impacted were people of color — overwhelmingly black and brown men, [0]
Because NYPD literally had a policy that targeted black and brown people. And when they wanted to less biased harrassment the mayor pushed back and instructed them to stop and frisk brown and black men, specifically.
[0] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/bloomberg-apologizes-stop-frisk-police-practice-67087051 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/bloomberg-apologiz...