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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sun Mar 24, 2013, 03:25 PM Mar 2013

Some questions about stop and frisk - [View all]

There is a serious problem in Buffalo of young black men shooting other young black men. It happens in Syracuse, too. So my question is this; was this a significant problem in NYC before stop and frisk became policy? If so, is it still a problem?

Did stop and frisk turn up illegal weapons when it first went into effect?

Does stop and frisk turn up any illegal weapons now?

If stop and frisk prevents murders, is it justified?

If justified, should it be stepped down from the current frequency?

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Some questions about stop and frisk - [View all] hedgehog Mar 2013 OP

Never justifiable IMHO nt Live and Learn Mar 2013 #1

There is very very little reason to believe Terry Stops reduce crime Taitertots Mar 2013 #2

Here's the New York Civil Liberties Union report on 2011 stop and frisk data. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #3

Thank you for that report - my takeaway is that what started as hedgehog Mar 2013 #8

Stop and frisk even sounds completely fascist. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #4

this is white mans burden justication of institutionalized racism La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #5

It may be a policy that some support as long as it's someone else's hedgehog Mar 2013 #9

i really doubt it, because eventually it will be their kid La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #11

yes it stops some crime and stops some illegal guns dsc Mar 2013 #6

Stop & frisk as carried out by NYPD is completely wrong kudzu22 Mar 2013 #7

Thank you all for giving me new information to chew on; hedgehog Mar 2013 #10