Still doesn’t justify using Stop and Frisk. Crapping on the Constitution to drop crime is wrong. The Patriot Act is wrong for the same damn reasons. Why conservatives support Stop and Frisk and the Patriot act is way beyond me.
I Totally agree. If the only safety measures New Yorkers are willing to accept are fascistic big government tactics they deserve to rot in a crime ridden sewer.
But “broken windows” policing is justified.
Also stopped by DeBlasio.
And if I were a NYC cop, I’d be more of a report-filler-outer than a crime stopper. Why risk my freedom to save the ungrateful?
It’s not Stop and Frisk.
It’s Stop, Question and, if indicated, Frisk.
Big Frisking difference that the opponents NEVER EVER EVER mention.
Sorry, but you’re misinformed. The media has twisted what SQ&F is. Is it perfect? No. But the reason it worked so well was the BELIEF by the criminals that the cops were just stopping anyone at random. That made them leave their guns at home or in their car. Now that the media has done its job and vilified the cops as well as taken the teeth out of SQ&F, criminals are carrying again. Drug dealers and pimps or just the guys who like to rob old ladies. This is so far from a 2A issue it’s not even funny. So you may want to rethink your position.