Too many innocents harassed by NYPD's "Stop and Frisk" practices

On the afternoon of Sept. 16, 2011, 20-year-old Cory Bennett walked out of a building on E. 175th St. in the Bronx and was immediately stopped by two cops.

The officers wanted to know what Bennett had been doing inside. They asked him for identification. Bennett, who was newly arrived in the city from Georgia, told them he lived upstairs with his grandparents. He was rushing to pick up a sandwich he’d ordered by phone from the deli across the street, he said, and had forgotten his ID in the apartment.

The cops could have taken a moment to walk upstairs with him to confirm his story. Or they could have checked at the deli.

But Bennett was just another young black man in the Bronx in the era of mushrooming stop and frisk. That year alone, 685,000 New Yorkers were stopped by police, most of them black and Latino. Ninety percent of those stops resulted in no arrest.

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On the afternoon of Sept. 16, 2011, 20-year-old Cory Bennett walked out of a building on E. 175th St. in the Bronx and was immediately stopped by two cops.

The officers wanted to know what Bennett had been doing inside. They asked him for identification. Bennett, who was newly arrived in the city from Georgia, told them he lived upstairs with his grandparents. He was rushing to pick up a sandwich he’d ordered by phone from the deli across the street, he said, and had forgotten his ID in the apartment.

The cops could have taken a moment to walk upstairs with him to confirm his story. Or they could have checked at the deli.

But Bennett was just another young black man in the Bronx in the era of mushrooming stop and frisk. That year alone, 685,000 New Yorkers were stopped by police, most of them black and Latino. Ninety percent of those stops resulted in no arrest.

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Stop and frisk at least would give the cops something to do, and the perps something to think about. Look, I am not defending police action, but the time we live in is very different...we are serched and frisked when we fly, when we enter secured buildings etc...why people are so worked up over the search and frisk? If this is affecting the black and latino neighborhood disporportionately, then take a guess on the crime stats affecting those neighborhoods?

Yes there are bigoted cops..but if that lends itself to saving more black lives, imporve the safety and security of the residents, then  is it so bad?

you are not black or hispanic so you will never understand

[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=76528.msg472137#msg472137 date=1357750079]
you are not black or hispanic so you will never understand
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Perhaps so...but that does not take away from the greater good of the stop and frisk policy to the communities affected by high crime rates. One of the biggest problem in minority communities is that too many minorities are killed by other minorities. If the polcie presence and police action can stem the flow then great.

try driving on NJ turnpike and be black

you get stop for DWB

[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=76528.msg472140#msg472140 date=1357750429]
try driving on NJ turnpike and be black

you get stop for DWB

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Krish that is a ridiculous statement.  I think you should raise the level of discussion to fairness, and away from emotional indulgence.

[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=76528.msg472137#msg472137 date=1357750079]
you are not black or hispanic so you will never understand
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SCA is a skunt ....colorless ....hahahahaha  ::LOL::

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Krish that is a ridiculous statement.  I think you should raise the level of discussion to fairness, and away from emotional indulgence.
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have you driven on Pike. who always on side of road?

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have you driven on Pike. who always on side of road?
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Krish...does that affect the way i drive? Do you think that the cops go looking for black people only to pull over? Maannn....

[quote author=SCA link=topic=76528.msg472166#msg472166 date=1357752624]

Krish...does that affect the way i drive? Do you think that the cops go looking for black people only to pull over? Maannn....
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why does it seem that way?