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What do you mean 70s, 80s, and 90s? Stop and frisk happens today in cities like New York, and it's a problem. I'm not sure how one government agency abusing it
by arthurdenture 14y ago
What do you mean 70s, 80s, and 90s? Stop and frisk happens today in cities like New York, and it's a problem.
I'm not sure how one government agency abusing its power in one way makes it ok for another agency to abuse its power in another way. Your argument could easily be restated as: "in World War II, the government put Japanese people in internment camps, so it's silly to complain about stop and frisk as if it's an unprecedented weakening of the 4th amendment."
- rayiner 14y agoThe 70's-90's is when stop and frisk became prevalent. Now it's established practice. I'm not saying what the TSA is doing is okay. I said I find it amusing to watch the armchair civil libertarians come out of the woodwork soon as something inconveniences them and argue against the TSA from an extremely principled position.