STOP AND FRISK

Cops frisk two men in stop and frisk training in the Bronx. Cops-turned-actors are showing police officers a better way to stop and frisk in new NYPD training on a city-block stage set in the Bronx. At the training center, police officers dressed as civilians and cops acted out street scenarios - performing properly executive civilian stops. (Photo By: Mark Bonifacio/NY Daily News via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
NYC Crime Hits Historic Low, Defying Dire Predictions About End Of Stop And Frisk
By Nick Wing
The falling crime rate has led some defenders of the controversial policy to admit they were wrong.
New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio talks about a campaign to reform the NYPD's stop and frisk program during a news conference at New York's City Hall, May 9, 2012. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)
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POLITICS
Mayor De Blasio And President Trump See Urban Crime Differently
By Ian Reifowitz, Contributor
Professor of History at SUNY-Empire State College
Guess who the data on NYC street stops vindicates?
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CRIME
It's Time For Random Street Checks To Stop
By Kearie Daniel , Contributor
www.wokemommychatter.com
In a city that for some time has been plagued by an undercurrent of tension, due to ‘carding’ there was a level of hope, that
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NYC
NYC Mayor De Blasio Bans Asking For Salary History
By Jyssica Schwartz, Contributor
Blogger, sales pro, cat lover, weirdo, optimist.
De Blasio is hoping this executive order will serve as a model for employers everywhere.
POLITICS
Letter To A Trump Supporter #7: Black Lives Matter
By Anthony W. Orlando, Contributor
Assistant Lecturer in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at...
This video is a perfect example of what's wrong in America today that they are protesting. So I thank you for sending it as a reminder of that fact.
CRIME
A Brief Introduction to Stop and Frisk and Related Police Investigative Stops
By Brad Reid, Contributor
Senior Scholar, Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and In...
COMEDY
20 Other Things Trump Shouldn't Grab
By Pablo Andreu, Contributor
Creator of upcoming webseries, STRAY
Rep. Louis Stokes (Dem-OH) addressing Dem. Natl. Convention. (Photo by Bill Pierce/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
The Hero Who Challenged Stop-And-Frisk Is Everything Donald Trump Is Not
By Nico Pitney
His story is neglected black history.
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COMEDY
Trevor Noah Eviscerates Donald Trump's Love Of Stop-And-Frisk
By David Moye
Stop-and-frisk is like the TSA, except they're violently throwing you against a wall.
POLITICS
Phrases That Won't Heal Racial Divides: 'Law And Order' And 'Stop-And-Frisk'
By Jim Wallis, Contributor
Christian leader for social change; President and Founder @Soj...
Stop-and-frisk, as it was practiced in New York City, was ineffective in reducing violent crime. But it had an overwhelmingly disproportionate impact on young black and Latino men.
POLITICS
Where Was Lester Holt And Other Things I Thought During The First Debate
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Well, the first presidential debate is a done deal, and as always I like to quickly type out my own personal reactions before reading everyone else's, to give you an opinion uninfluenced by the herd mentality of the rest of the media.
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during his first presidential debate against Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (not shown) at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, U.S., September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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POLITICS
Trump Claims Stop And Frisk Suppressed Crime In New York, But Crime Rates Are Lower Without It
By Ryan J. Reilly
The policy has also been ruled unconstitutional.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) acknowledges someone in the audience as vice presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence introduces him to speak to a gathering of pastors at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S. September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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POLITICS
A Supreme Court Justice Predicted Trump’s Policing Plan 50 Years Ago, Warned Of ‘Totalitarianism’
By Nico Pitney
It’s like we haven’t learned a thing.
Kelly Savage
POLITICS
Stop-And-Frisk Did Not Work "Incredibly Well"
By Sharad Goel, Contributor
Assistant Professor at Stanford University
Mr. Trump is wrong about how New York City’s aggressive stop-and-frisk program operated and what it accomplished.
ASTON, PA - SEPTEMBER 22: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Sun Center Studios September 22, 2016 in Aston, Pennsylvania. A national poll released yesterday shows Trump trailing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 6 points in a four-way matchup. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
What Donald Trump Got Wrong About Stop-And-Frisk
By Donna Lieberman, Contributor
Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
Stop-and-frisk in New York did not work incredibly well by any single metric.
FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers in New York. Scheindlin ruled Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 that the New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its contentious stop-and-frisk policy, and said an independent monitor is needed to oversee major changes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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POLITICS
Judge Who Ended New York's Stop-And-Frisk Policy Slams Trump's Idea To Bring It Back
By Cristian Farias
"You really wonder about this man's level of knowledge."
Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, speaks during the Marcellus Shale Coalition conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Trump yesterday detailed his plan to dramatically reduce black-on-black crime in America, saying he would seek to expand a controversial stop-and-frisk program across the nation as president. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Gun Rights Advocates Go Silent When Trump Wants To Frisk Black People
By Igor Bobic and Elise Foley
Doesn't the Second Amendment apply equally to African-Americans?
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 21: Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., conducts a news conference after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol, September 21, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Paul Ryan Has No Opinions On Stop-And-Frisk Policies
By Jennifer Bendery
They've been ruled unconstitutional and racially discriminatory -- and Donald Trump is all for them.
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