Posted on 09/04/2013 11:26:52 AM PDT by rallyali
The recent federal court rebuke of New York City’s stop-and-frisk tactics shows that many disputes are best resolved through politics, not lawsuits.
Courts resolve discrete controversies — whether existing law has been violated. They’re not equipped to answer questions about what the law “should” be. Judicial remedies are supposed to make plaintiffs whole, not rewrite policies wholesale.
But try telling that to Judge Shira Scheindlin. She not only enjoined NYPD’s existing tactics, but also ordered the city to video all stops within certain precincts and appointed a monitor to “develop . . . a set of reforms of the NYPD’s policies, training, supervision, monitoring and discipline regarding stop and frisk.” Such intricate policy prescriptions are the stuff of statutes and regulations, not judicial opinions.
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Stop and Frisk because the Bill of Rights is a dead letter anymore.
Stop and Frisk everyone! It’ll make us all safer.
Why would anyone care if they don’t have anything to hide?
Those who would trade liberty for safety deserve neither and will lose both - Ben Franklin.
Stop and frisk may decrease crime but it is a violation of our constitutional rights. Perhaps NY should consider other, constitutionally sound methods to reduce crime. Allowing people to arm themselves and not prosecuting people for self defense would be a good start.
She did the right thing for the wrong reason.
Let the People keep and bear (and use in self-defense) Arms, and tell the police to come out only when called.
Crime will plummet overnight.
Stop and Frisk everyone! It’ll make us all safer.
Why would anyone care if they don’t have anything to hide?
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Please tell me you neglected to put your sarcasm tag at the end of the post. Really, please tell me you don’t mean what you’ve written.
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Some things are so over the top they don’t need that.
But think of all the future TSA officers that will not be able to list “stop and grope, grope and grope ...” on their resume listing the NYC Police as a previous employer.
I have read more than one time in my dozen years here someone suggest in all seriousness what I am thrilled was sarcasm from you.
Oh, I know - I have also. That’s why I threw in the “if you have nothing to hide” part. It’s such a common refrain from those who don’t think.
I should have written “Stop and Frisk EVERYONE!” Vocal inflections are so tough to do with writing sometimes...
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