Chris Christie: Bring Back Stop-And-Frisk! (VIDEO)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said he does not feel safe in New York City and he would bring back the highly contested stop-and-frisk policy in “about five minutes” in an interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

“Stop-and-frisk would be back in about five minutes,” Christie said. “We would empower the police and not undercut them. If police officers step over the line, they deserve to be taken care and prosecuted, but this guy, this Mayor presumes guilt on the part of the police officer before anything happens.”

When asked by Morning Joe host Mike Brzezinski if “everything was going right with stop-and-frisk,” the New Jersey politician brushed off the question.

“It’s not the safest summer in some time if you’re a murder victim in this city,” Christie said.

Watch the interview with the non-New York City resident, from MSNBC, below:

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  1. Right. A very wealthy and entitled politician with his own private army and a bulletproof limo knows just how it is to live at street level with the cops. Sure he does.

  2. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ® said he does not feel safe in New York City…

    If I were Christie, I wouldn’t feel safe anywhere.

  3. Get your cheap thrills some other way, Governor. .

    More seriously, he’s one of the most incompetent public servants in the history of the country.

    To put it in language that Christie can understand: Just shut up and go away.

  4. I am guessing they didn’t ask him about the various scandals that might get him into jail.
    How about a question on why he settled a 8.9 billion case with Exxon for 225 million.

  5. Bring back stop and frisk! OR WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! Vote down the Iran deal! OR WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! Build a wall between us and Mexico! OR WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

    This is all they can do, because they sure as shit can’t win on the issues. PATHETIC!

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