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Monday, August 12, 2013

Stop and Frisk Limits


For John, BLUFIt isn't just NSA eating away at our rights.



The New York City Police Department has a Stop and Frisk Program, which involves over half a million stops a year, the disproportionate number being Blacks and Latinos (88% of stops).  This derives from a US Supreme Court decision, which led to the concept of the Terry Stop:
The name derives from Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that police may briefly detain a person who they reasonably suspect is involved in criminal activity; the Court also held that police may do a limited search of the suspect’s outer garments for weapons if they have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the person detained may be “armed and dangerous”.  When a search for weapons is authorized, the procedure is known as a “stop and frisk”.
Now, Blogger and Law Professor Ann Althouse notes that a Federal Judge rules "NYC stop-and-frisk practice violates rights", after a 2-month trial.  Quoting from an article in The New York Times, Professor Althouse ledes with:
Relying on a complex statistical analysis presented at trial, Judge Scheindlin found that the racial composition of a census tract played a role in predicting how many stops would occur.
Per the newspaper, correction included:
The judge designated an outside lawyer, Peter L. Zimroth, to monitor the Police Department’s compliance with the [US] Constitution.

Judge Scheindlin also ordered a number of other remedies, including a pilot program in which officers in at least five precincts across the city will wear body-worn cameras in an effort to record street encounters.  She also ordered a “joint remedial process” — in essence, a series of community meetings — to solicit public input on how to reform stop-and-frisk.

I did find it unfortunate that Judge Scheindlin used the term "whites" to describe people originating from the Eurasian land mass.

Regards  —  Cliff

1 comment:

Neal said...

What else would she call them? Eurasians??

The whole stop and frisk thing assumes guilt and requires proof of innocence. The claim that one's right to privacy is outweighed by society's right to security is pure unadulterated socialist BS. Stop and frisk is a violation of the 4th...and probably a bunch of other amendments.

Trust me....white folks are the only ones who will be stopped routinely.....any other group of folks will scream racism.