FBI Director calls 'stop and frisk' an important tool when used right

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Wed Sep 28, 2016 | 11:41am EDT

FBI Director calls 'stop and frisk' an important tool when used right

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey told a House of Representatives panel on Wednesday that the police tactic known as "stop and frisk" is an important tool when used right.

Comey told the panel that police who search citizens without stating the reason should explain after the encounter why they decided to do so.

The tactic has been struck down in some courts as a form of racial profiling, but Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for its return.

(Reporting by Julia Edwards)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-police-idUSKCN11Y27E

[Foggyhill]

1. So, again Comey comes in support of Trump.... Man, Clinton will sack him.

[emulatorloo]

2. Yea Comey! The best Republican Cheerleader around.

[Warpy]

3. It's a fishing expedition

and those were what the Fourth Amendment were supposed to stop.

Unfortunately, the war on drugs has been used to gut that amendment and it no longer protects us from the excesses of police.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Comey is an a-hole!

Comey told the panel that police who search citizens without stating the reason should explain after the encounter why they decided to do so.

Are you kidding me? If white people were stopped and frisked regularly, there would be outrage over it! Just look at all the people who whine about TSA inspections before airline flights now.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. "The right of the people to be secure...

...in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Aw, bullshit on that. Let's make the work of the police easier.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Fire that clown.

[murielm99]

7. It is not that easy to fire

an FBI director. People here have said that it cannot be done, but it can.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2002/06/how_do_you_dump_the_fbi_director.html

It would lead to a lot of yelling and charges of political stunts. I think the case would have to be a clear violation of the law. That has not happened here. I didn't like the way he lied to the press after Clinton was exonerated on charges about her email, but it seemed better not to try to get rid of him over this.

Past Presidents put up with years of Hoover and his nonsense.

Unless Comey violates the law in a clear way, we are stuck with him.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. I hope that he's replaced after his 10-year stint! n/t