Do Stop-and-Frisk's in New York City Amount to Racial Profiling? - 0 views
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Donette Fincher on 08 Sep 13New York's stop and frisk policy has led to racial profiling and targeting of law abiding minority citizens.
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Brittany Aguirre on 11 Sep 13New York City made stop and search laws in belief that it would lower the rate of violent crimes. Stop and frisk laws allow police to pat down any suspicious person. The amount of people being stopped has reached a high number. Of those many people, it seems that law enforcement is singling out certain races. These races being mainly Latino or African American.
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Leilani Metteba on 11 Sep 13This article argues the fact that the "stop-and-frisk" program implemented in the beginning of the 1990's doesn't help in reducing crime rate; however, there are substantial evidence that say it has been used by NYPD officials as a way of discrimination towards minorities.