President Donald Trump advocated for expanding the practice of “stop and frisk” since it was “meant for problems like Chicago.”
“It works and it was meant for problems like Chicago. It was meant for it. Stop and frisk,” Trump said during a speech to law enforcement officers in Florida.
The practice began in New York City, allowing officers to temporarily detain and interview possible suspects to see if they had weapons or drugs. The tactic has been pilloried as a hotbed of racial profiling.
In addition, despite Trump’s assertion that stop and frisk reduced crime dramatically in New York, statistics show that it had a negligible effect on the crime rates.
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— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 8, 2018
Is it any wonder why the “Due Process” pResident likes it so much?
It targets the “darkies” and doesn’t work. What’s not to love?
And this is meant for problems like Trump.and the GOP.
Pfft. That’s for weenies.
I remember reading about one young man in NYC that had to plan on being detained by the police while they stopped and frisked him. He planned on an extra hour to walk to work. It got so bad that the same cop stopped him several days in a row, the cop couldn’t remember all the previous days of stopping him.
I can’t imagine having this burden placed on someone just trying to go to work.